Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs North-Mini-Code-1.0
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 21 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software42Claude Sonnet 4.54 of 6 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Claude Sonnet 4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude Sonnet 4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Sonnet 4.52 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Sonnet 4.51 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked00Even0 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Sonnet 4.5 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+35points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+34.1points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+20.2points ahead
Where North-Mini-Code-1.0 pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+6.3points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+3points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 21 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Sonnet 4.5
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Sonnet 4.5 by 20.255.835.6+20.2
- SciCodeClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 6.945.738.8+6.9
- LiveCodeBench v6North-Mini-Code-1.0 by 6.36470.3+6.3
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 4.535.631.1+4.5
- SWE-bench ProClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 3.443.640.2+3.4
- SWE-bench VerifiedNorth-Mini-Code-1.0 by 377.280.2+3
AgentsClaude Sonnet 4.5
- GDPValClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 20.520.50+20.5
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 18.124.56.4+18.1
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00.5tie
ReasoningClaude Sonnet 4.5
- GPQA DiamondClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 7.783.475.7+7.7
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 6.717.811.1+6.7
- CritPttie1.10.3tie
FactsClaude Sonnet 4.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 34.150.916.8+34.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 1432.918.9+14
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 48.5-0.1-48.6+48.5
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Sonnet 4.5 by 40.778.137.4+40.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 15.652.136.5+15.6
- AA IntelligenceClaude Sonnet 4.5 by 10.820.79.9+10.8
- Terminal-Bench 2.0North-Mini-Code-1.0 by 5.15055.1+5.1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or North-Mini-Code-1.0?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts and long documents. North-Mini-Code-1.0 wins none. They are level on following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4.5. It wins 4 of the 6 coding tests both models report; North-Mini-Code-1.0 wins 2.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 21 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.