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Claude Sonnet 5

claude-sonnet family · launched 2026-06-30

MultimodalReasoningToolsStructured
AITopic score55.3#81 overall

Everyday Claude agent model for coding, planning, browsing, and general work

Evidence coverage95%5 evaluations · 2 institutions
Context / maximum output1M / 128ktokens
Cache / input / output$0.2 · $2 · $10USD per million tokens
Value / freshness41.5 / 74relative value · release freshness
Product profile

What this model supports

Inputtext, image, pdf
Outputtext
Knowledge cutoff2026-01-31
WeightsProprietary / hosted
Capability profile

Strengths by domain

Coding—1 public results
Research & reasoning—1 public results
Professional work—1 public results
Knowledge & instruction—1 public results
Behind the score

Every result has a source

Raw results and standardized readings are shown together. Missing tests add neither points nor penalties.

Coding1 results

LiveBench 2.0 · CodingLiveBench74.70 scoreReading 74.7

Imported from LiveBench 2.0. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized.

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Research & reasoning1 results

LiveBench 2.0 · ResearchLiveBench88.70 scoreReading 88.7

Imported from LiveBench 2.0. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized.

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Professional work1 results

LiveBench 2.0 · ProfessionalLiveBench66.18 scoreReading 66.2

Imported from LiveBench 2.0. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized. Professional = long-agentic, browser, data-analysis and design average.

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Knowledge & instruction1 results

LiveBench 2.0 · KnowledgeLiveBench82.80 scoreReading 82.8

Imported from LiveBench 2.0. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized. Knowledge uses the published LiveBench research suite.

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Human preference & indices3 results

LiveBenchLiveBench72.99 scoreReading 73.0

Imported from LiveBench 2.0. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized.

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AA IndexArtificial Analysis63.99 indexReading 55.3

Imported from Artificial Analysis. The published 0–100 score is used directly; it is not z-score normalized.

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Arena TextLMArena1,442.7 EloReading 55.3

Direct LMArena text leaderboard result.

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