Claude Sonnet 5.5: Release Intelligence, Performance & Price
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max with fallback)Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh with fallback)Claude Sonnet 5.5 (high with fallback)Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium with fallback)Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low with fallback)Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
The Claude Sonnet 5.5 release offers 5 models, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across the 5 models.
- For intelligence, the top model of Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 56.
- For output speed, the fastest model is Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback) at 171 t/s.
- For latency, Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) at 1.17s offers the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) at $0.41 offers the lowest cost per task. Prices vary up to 18x across models.
| Reasoning | Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. |
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| Input modality | Supports: text and image |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 1M ~1500 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
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Further details
Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||
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| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 56 | - | 1M | $1.5 | - | Not available | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 52 | - | 1M | $1.5 | 171 | Not available | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 47 | - | 1M | $1.5 | 97 | Not available | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 41 | - | 1M | $1.5 | 115 | Not available | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 36 | - | 1M | $1.5 | 93 | Not available | |