Claude 3 Sonnet
Analysis Summary
Claude 3 Sonnet sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #263 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $3.00 input and $15.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market.
Editorial notes
Claude 3 Sonnet (original) from Anthropic has limited reasoning and coding scores and is priced at $3/1M input tokens; superseded by Claude 3.5 Sonnet and later 4.x Sonnet variants.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Model Information
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Release Date | March 4, 2024 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $3.00 | $0.003000 |
| Output | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
