Claude Sonnet 5 pricing & benchmarks
Released Jun 30, 2026 · served by 4 providers · ranked #10 by intelligence in our index
What Claude Sonnet 5 is
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,...
- Model ID:
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 - Modality: text+image+file->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
Providers and prices for Claude Sonnet 5
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azurecheapest | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | — | 99.7% | — |
| Anthropic | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | — | 100.0% | — |
| $2.20 | $11.00 | 1M | — | 100.0% | — | |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11.00 | 1M | — | — | — |
Claude Sonnet 5 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gamedev | models | #3 | 1345 | 59.9% |
| agenticgamedev | agents | #4 | 1235 | 55.2% |
| godotgamedev | agents | #4 | 1265 | 59.7% |
| htmlslides | agents | #4 | 1232 | 54.1% |
| webapps | agents | #4 | 1301 | 58% |
| fullstack | agents | #6 | 1275 | 59% |
| python-pptxslides | agents | #7 | 1245 | 55.1% |
| androidnative | agents | #8 | 1246 | 53.7% |
| codecategories | models | #8 | 1312 | 56.8% |
| uicomponent | models | #8 | 1317 | 56.5% |
| 3d | models | #9 | 1321 | 57% |
| website | models | #9 | 1314 | 57.6% |
| asciiart | models | #13 | 1230 | 51.2% |
| svg | models | #14 | 1241 | 53.7% |
| dataviz | models | #17 | 1281 | 54.4% |
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FAQ
How much does the Claude Sonnet 5 API cost?
$2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $5.00.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $2.00 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Claude Sonnet 5?
Azure at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Claude Sonnet 5?
No. Claude Sonnet 5 is closed-weight and only available through hosted APIs.