Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Analysis Summary
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is Anthropic's mid-2024 flagship, combining a 200K token context window with vision, tool use, and function calling in a single model. Its instruction-following and writing quality remain strong, and the multimodal input support covers text, image, and file processing for versatile business workflows.
For content teams, it handles long-form drafting, document summarisation, and structured output reliably. The coding index is moderate rather than world-class, so it is better suited to content and analysis tasks than heavy software engineering. Vision support adds value for teams processing mixed-media inputs.
Pricing at $6 input / $30 output is on the higher end for a 2024-generation model, and newer Anthropic flagships now surpass it on reasoning and coding. It remains a dependable choice for content-heavy workflows where Anthropic's instruction-following quality and large context are the priority.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic delivers strong instruction following, vision, tool use, and a 200K context window, making it a reliable choice for client-facing content and document workflows.
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Performance Profile
How Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet compares
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet ranks #233 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #64 of 139 for coding. Its 200K-token context window is larger than 65% of the models we list. At $6.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 4% of comparable models.
About Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
New Claude 3.5 Sonnet delivers better-than-Opus capabilities, faster-than-Sonnet speeds, at the same Sonnet prices. Sonnet is particularly good at: - Coding: Scores ~49% on SWE-Bench Verified, higher than the last best score, and without any fancy prompt scaffolding
- Data science: Augments human data science expertise; navigates unstructured data while using multiple tools for insights
- Visual processing: excelling at interpreting charts, graphs, and images, accurately transcribing text to derive insights beyond just the text alone
- Agentic tasks: exceptional tool use, making it great at agentic tasks (i.e. complex, multi-step problem solving tasks that require engaging with other systems) #multimodal
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet
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| Provider | anthropic |
| Model Family | Claude 3.5 |
| Release Date | October 22, 2024 |
| Context Length | 200,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $6.00 | $0.006000 |
| Output | $30.00 | $0.030000 |
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Frequently asked questions about Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
How much does Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet cost?
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $6.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet?
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet has a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K).
Is Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet ranks #64 of 139 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet do?
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet?
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and was released on October 22, 2024.
