Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) for your use-case.
Lowest Time per Task
AnthropicTime per Intelligence Index task (minutes)
Total 1 provider
Lowest Cost per Task
AnthropicCost per Intelligence Index task
Total 1 provider
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium) is available through Anthropic.
Pricing
Cost per Intelligence Index Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Speed
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time per Intelligence Index Task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Latency
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time to First Answer Token: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, 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 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Caching
Cache Hit Rate: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Cost per Task vs. Cache Hit Rate: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) providers
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is available through 1 API provider: Anthropic. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is currently available through 1 API provider that we benchmark and track.
Anthropic is the only Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) provider with a measured time per task: 3.6 minutes per Intelligence Index task.
The provider with the lowest time to first answer token for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is Anthropic (5.40s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable provider for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) by blended price is Anthropic ($1.47 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The provider with the lowest input token pricing for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is Anthropic ($2.00 per 1M input tokens).
The provider with the lowest output token pricing for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is Anthropic ($10.00 per 1M output tokens).
The only provider of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) supports function calling (tool use).
When choosing a provider for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, 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 (Medium, Default Fallback)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview