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MODEL PROOF # Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic · 30 Jun 2026 · proprietary Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic BETTER VALUE OPTION ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. **$4.00** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) · Δ score 47 points · 50% lower measured price · $2.00 / 1M tokens [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) is a further stored option with these losses: no file input Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [Vendor cross-check](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,442.9 ± 4.19 · 45,739 votes Context window 1M Maximum output 128K Input modalities text, image, file Output modalities text Published input price $2.00 / 1M tokens Published output price $10.00 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from Anthropic: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $2.00 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $10.00 /M | | Cached input | $0.200 /M | | Cache write | $2.50 /M | | Cache write 1h | $4.00 /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | | Web search | $0.01 /call | | Batch discount | 50% | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 10 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Claude Platform on AWS claude-on-aws Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $2.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Azure azure/global Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $2.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.80% | | Seller Google google-vertex/global Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $2.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Amazon Bedrock amazon-bedrock/global Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $2.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.99% | | Seller Anthropic anthropic Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $2.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.98% | | Seller Amazon Bedrock amazon-bedrock/eu-west-1 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.220 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $2.20 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Azure azure/us Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.220 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $2.20 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) — | | Seller Google google-vertex/us Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.220 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $2.20 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Google google-vertex/europe Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.220 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $2.20 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.94% | | Seller Amazon Bedrock amazon-bedrock/us-east-1 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.220 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $2.20 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1442.9 high | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - Htmlslides #5 1217 - Agenticgamedev #7 1226 - Full-stack apps #9 1248 - Native Android apps #9 1237 - Web apps #10 1237 - Mobile apps #13 1211 - Godot games #13 1225 - Python pptxslides #13 1216 Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list. ### Capability | Context window | 1M | | --- | --- | | Max output | 128K | | Input modes | text, image, file | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | no | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | | Cross-checked | [vendor page](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing) | ## Our take editorial — not a measurement Sonnet is worth evaluating for recurring production work such as retrieval, summarisation and tool use. Compare completed-task cost and reliability with the larger Claude options. Read the current price table and benchmark evidence for rates and measured capability. ### Strengths - Tool use and structured outputs are listed - Cache and batch options are recorded ### Weaknesses - Family positioning does not prove performance on your hardest tasks - Check current vendor terms rather than relying on an old introductory-price announcement ### Reach for it when - Retrieval and summarisation evaluations - Recurring tool-assisted production workloads ### Avoid it if - Your own evaluations show a larger model is necessary - You require downloadable weights Sources: [platform.claude.com](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing) · [platform.claude.com](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/overview) Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model, with frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work. It supports adaptive thinking with selectable reasoning effort levels (low, medium, high, max,... ## Questions this page answers What does Claude Sonnet 5 cost? $2.00/M in, $10.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Claude Sonnet 5 have an independent quality score? Claude Sonnet 5 has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats Claude Sonnet 5? Muse Spark 1.3 has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Claude Sonnet 5? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5. Balanced workload. Better value option available. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related - Both better and cheaper [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) - Higher score and cheaper, with a named trade [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) - Side by side [Claude Opus 5](/compare/anthropic__claude-opus-5--vs--anthropic__claude-sonnet-5/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) - Same vendor [Claude Sonnet 4.5](/models/anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5/) - Anthropic models [Anthropic](/providers/anthropic/) - Where this model appears [disagreement](/disagreement/) - Side by side [Gemini 3.8 Flash](/compare/anthropic__claude-sonnet-5--vs--google__gemini-3.8-flash/) - Nearby on the capability axis [GPT-6 Astra](/models/openai__gpt-6-astra/) - Same vendor [Claude Opus 4.5](/models/anthropic__claude-opus-4.5/) - Where this model appears [significance](/significance/) - Side by side [GPT-5.6 Sol](/compare/anthropic__claude-sonnet-5--vs--openai__gpt-5.6-sol/) ## Badge The verdict as one SVG, for a README or a docs page. 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