The release of OpenAI GPT-4.5 has been somewhat disappointing, with many pointing out its insane price point (about 10 to 20X more expensive than Claude 3.7 Sonnet and 15 to 30X more costly than GPT-4o).
However, given that this is OpenAI’s largest and most powerful non-reasoning model, it is worth considering its strengths and the areas where it shines.
Better knowledge and alignment
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