Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) is available through 4 API providers: Anthropic, Azure, Amazon, and Google. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) is currently available through 4 API providers that we benchmark and track.

By time per task, the fastest providers for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) are Google (30.9 min), Azure (31.3 min), and Amazon (31.4 min). Time per task divides the model's output tokens per Intelligence Index task by each provider's end-to-end output speed.

The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) are Anthropic (245.65s), Amazon (247.22s), and Azure (253.45s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.

The most affordable providers for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) by blended price are Anthropic ($1.47 per 1M tokens), Azure ($1.47 per 1M tokens), and Amazon ($1.47 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.

The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) are Anthropic ($2.00 per 1M input tokens), Azure ($2.00 per 1M input tokens), and Amazon ($2.00 per 1M input tokens).

The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) are Anthropic ($10.00 per 1M output tokens), Azure ($10.00 per 1M output tokens), and Amazon ($10.00 per 1M output tokens).

All 4 providers of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) support function calling (tool use).

The best provider for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) depends on your priorities: Google has the lowest time per task, Anthropic has the lowest latency, and Anthropic provides the most competitive pricing.

When choosing a provider for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, 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 (Max, Default Fallback)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview