Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic · 2024-06
Anthropic's balanced model offering strong reasoning, coding, and long-context capabilities.
Quick Facts
Parameters
Undisclosed
Context Window
200K tokens
Modalities
text, image
Open Source
No
Pricing
Free / $20/mo Pro
Released
2024-06
Developer
Anthropic
About
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is Anthropic's mid-tier model that balances performance, speed, and cost. It features a 200K token context window allowing it to process entire books and extensive documents. Built with Constitutional AI for safety, Claude 3.5 Sonnet excels at nuanced writing, detailed analysis, code generation, and following complex instructions. It consistently outperforms larger models on coding benchmarks and is favored by developers for its thoughtful, well-structured responses. The model is available through Claude.ai, the Anthropic API, and Amazon Bedrock.
Strengths
- +Excellent coding ability, leading many benchmarks
- +200K token context for processing entire documents
- +Superior writing quality and nuanced output
- +Strong safety alignment without capability sacrifice
Weaknesses
- −No native image generation
- −Strict rate limits on free tier
- −Slower than Haiku for simple tasks
Best For
Complex coding tasks and software development
Long document analysis and research
Content editing and creative writing
Detailed analytical work requiring nuance
Pricing
Free
$0
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet access
- Limited daily messages
- Basic uploads
Pro
$20/mo
- Unlimited Sonnet
- Claude 4 Opus access
- Projects
API
$3.00/1M input tokens
- Pay-as-you-go
- 200K context
- Vision support
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 88.7% | GPT-4o: 88.7% |
| HumanEval | 92.0% | GPT-4o: 90.2% |
Technical Specs
Parameters
Undisclosed
Context Window
200K tokens
Modalities
text, image
Languages
Open Source
No
Developer
Anthropic
Released: 2024-06
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