Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is available through 4 API providers: Google, Azure, Anthropic, and Amazon. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.

Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is currently available through 4 API providers that we benchmark and track.

The fastest providers for Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) by output speed are Anthropic (75.7 t/s), Google (72.5 t/s), and Amazon (71.1 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.

The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) are Anthropic (135.31s), Azure (162.75s), and Amazon (174.13s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.

The most affordable providers for Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) by blended price are Google ($1.54 per 1M tokens), Azure ($1.54 per 1M tokens), and Anthropic ($1.54 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 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) are Google ($2.00 per 1M input tokens), Azure ($2.00 per 1M input tokens), and Anthropic ($2.00 per 1M input tokens).

The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) are Google ($10.00 per 1M output tokens), Azure ($10.00 per 1M output tokens), and Anthropic ($10.00 per 1M output tokens).

All 4 providers of Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) support function calling (tool use).

For Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort), Anthropic offers the best performance with highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Google provides the most competitive pricing.

When choosing a provider for Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort), consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), 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 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview