Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) for your use-case.
Lowest Time per Task
Azure
Google
Anthropic
AmazonTime per Intelligence Index task (minutes)
Total 4 providers
Lowest Cost per Task
AzureAmazonAnthropicGoogleCost per Intelligence Index task
Total 4 providers
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low) is available through 4 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For time per task, Azure (2.5 min), Google (2.5 min), and Anthropic (2.7 min) finish an Intelligence Index task fastest.
- For cost per task, Azure ($0.48), Amazon ($0.48), and Anthropic ($0.51) are the cheapest per Intelligence Index task. Cost varies up to 2.1x across providers.
- Azure is both the quickest and the cheapest per task.
Pricing
Cost per Intelligence Index Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Speed
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time per Intelligence Index Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Latency
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time to First Answer Token: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Reliability
Share of requests the endpoint failed, across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Endpoint Error Rate: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Caching
Cache Hit Rate: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Cost per Task vs. Cache Hit Rate: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) providers
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) is currently available through 4 API providers that we benchmark and track.
All 4 providers of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) support function calling (tool use).
When choosing a provider for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback), consider: time per task (how quickly the provider completes an Intelligence Index task), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview