Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-4o for Coding: Which AI Model Writes Better Production Code?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-4o for Coding: Which AI Model Writes Better Production Code? In a 2024 Stack Overflow survey, 76% of developers reported using or planning to use AI coding tools, yet only 38% said they trust the output enough to deploy it without significant review. That trust gap is precisely where the battle between Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT-4o is being fought. Both models claim to be production-ready coding assistants, but they approach the task with fundamentally different philosophies—one prioritizing architectural soundness, the other emphasizing raw speed and fluency. ...