Head-to-Head Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Claude 3 Opus

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Líder em Programação e Código

O Claude 3.5 Sonnet da Anthropic é um modelo de IA projetado para engenharia de software autônoma, refatoração de código e depuração avançada, oferecendo janela de contexto de 200K, velocidade de 80 tokens/s, índice de inteligência de 50/10

Intelligence Index50 / 100

Input Token:

$3.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$15.00 / 1M

Context Window:

200K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

65%

Anthropic

Claude 3 Opus

Modelo de Geração Clássica

O Claude 3 Opus da Anthropic é um modelo de IA projetado para assistentes conversacionais, síntese de textos e tarefas corporativas, oferecendo janela de contexto de 200K, velocidade de 30 tokens/s, índice de inteligência de 44/100 e tarifa

Intelligence Index44 / 100

Input Token:

$15.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$75.00 / 1M

Context Window:

200K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

32.2%

Principais Diferenças em Resumo

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 5.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is faster at 80 tok/s vs 30 tok/s.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads on SWE-bench coding (65.0% vs 32.2%).

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Feature	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3 Opus
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)	50	44
Provider	Anthropic	Anthropic
Input Price Cost per million input tokens	$3.00 / 1M	$15.00 / 1M
Output Price Cost per million output tokens	$15.00 / 1M	$75.00 / 1M
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M	$2.31 / 1M	$11.55 / 1M
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens	200K tokens~300 A4 pages of text	200K tokens~300 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens Per single request	8K	4K
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second	80 tok/s	30 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering	65%	32.2%
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning	59.4%	50.4%
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens	$0.30 / 1M	$1.50 / 1M

Quem vence em cada categoria?

At-a-glance decision framework

Coding

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

+32.8% SWE-bench lead

Cost

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

5.0x cheaper monthly runtime

Speed

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

+167% faster generation

Context

Tied

200K tokens window

Pontuações de Benchmarks Verificadas

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

Claude 3.5 SonnetClaude 3 Opus

SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

65%vs32.2%

GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

59.4%vs50.4%

MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

78%vs74%

LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1320ptsvs1262pts

Terminal-Bench (Agentic Coding & Terminal Use)

Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.

38%vsN/A

LiveCodeBench (Competitive Coding)

Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.

62%vsN/A

Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

80 tok/s vs30 tok/s

Latência e Tempo de Resposta

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better

Claude 3.5 Sonnet0.48s

Claude 3 Opus1.20s

Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time

Claude 3.5 Sonnet6.73s

Claude 3 Opus17.87s

Simulador Interativo de Custo de Tokens

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

Daily Input Tokens100K / day

10K500K1M

Daily Output Tokens30K / day

5K150K300K

Prompt Cache Hit Ratio50% cached

0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Monthly API Bill

$18.45 / month

$3/1M in · $15/1M out

Claude 3 Opus Monthly API Bill

$92.25 / month

$15/1M in · $75/1M out

Claude 3.5 Sonnet saves approximately $73.80 / month (80%) under this workload.5.0x Savings

Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Strengths & Key Advantages

Janela de contexto de 200K com limite máximo de saída de 8K tokens (SWE-bench Verified 65% · GPQA Diamond 59.4%)
Taxa de transferência rápida de 80 tokens/segundo com latência inicial (TTFT) de 480 ms
Economia de API competitiva ($3/$15 por 1M de tokens) com suporte a cache de prompts e saídas JSON estruturadas

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modelo proprietário em nuvem; não permite download dos pesos para execução local offline
Para alto volume de requisições, recomenda-se ativar o cache de prompts e a Batch API para reduzir custos

Claude 3 Opus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Janela de contexto de 200K com limite máximo de saída de 4K tokens (SWE-bench Verified 32.2% · GPQA Diamond 50.4%)
Taxa de transferência rápida de 30 tokens/segundo com latência inicial (TTFT) de 1200 ms
Economia de API competitiva ($15/$75 por 1M de tokens) com suporte a cache de prompts e saídas JSON estruturadas

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modelo proprietário em nuvem; não permite download dos pesos para execução local offline
Para alto volume de requisições, recomenda-se ativar o cache de prompts e a Batch API para reduzir custos

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

Metric	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3 Opus
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task	$0.20	$0.20
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task	24K	24K
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task	0K	0K

Especificações Técnicas

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Claude 3 Opus: Respostas Rápidas (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more intelligent. It scores 50 compared with 44 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is faster, generating 80 tokens per second compared with 30 tokens per second.

Which model is cheaper to run?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is cheaper at $2.31 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $11.55 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).

Which model has lower latency?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.48s compared with 1.20s.

Veredito

Tanto Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Indicado para engenharia de software autônoma, refatoração de código e depuração avançada, arquiteturas RAG corporativas e integração escalável via API.) quanto Claude 3 Opus (Indicado para assistentes conversacionais, síntese de textos e tarefas corporativas, arquiteturas RAG corporativas e integração escalável via API.) entregam excelente desempenho: Claude 3.5 Sonnet lidera em inteligência geral e programação, Claude 3.5 Sonnet oferece geração mais rápida e Claude 3.5 Sonnet apresenta o melhor custo-benefício em produção.

Perguntas Frequentes (FAQ)

Qual é melhor para programação e raciocínio, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ou Claude 3 Opus?+

Nas avaliações de inteligência e código, Claude 3.5 Sonnet leva vantagem. Confira os gráficos SWE-bench e GPQA acima para detalhes.

Qual modelo tem a API mais barata, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ou Claude 3 Opus?+

O Claude 3.5 Sonnet custa $3.00 / $15.00 por 1M de tokens (entrada/saída) e o Claude 3 Opus custa $15.00 / $75.00. No custo combinado, Claude 3.5 Sonnet é mais econômico.

Qual modelo possui maior janela de contexto e velocidade?+

O Claude 3.5 Sonnet suporta 200K tokens de contexto contra 200K tokens do Claude 3 Opus, enquanto Claude 3.5 Sonnet entrega maior velocidade de geração.

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Tokens & Pricing Context Window AI Benchmarks Reasoning Models Tool Calling Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Feature	Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Claude 3 Opus
Official API Model ID (SDK)	claude-3-5-sonnet-20240601	claude-3-opus-20240301
API Protocol	Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI	Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI
Release Date	2024-06	2024-03
Knowledge Cutoff	April 2024	August 2023
Architecture	Next-Gen Multimodal Hybrid Transformer	Frontier Dense Multimodal Transformer
Parameters	Confidential	Confidential
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)	4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM	4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)	Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens	Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens
Prompt Cache Policy & TTL	$0.3/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL	$1.5/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL
Computer Use / GUI Agent	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Sandbox	Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors	Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors
Official Fine-Tuning Support	Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation	Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation
Multimodal Token Billing	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAM	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
Safety & Frontier Classification	Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated	Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Input Modalities	text, vision	text, vision
Output Modalities	text	text

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Quem vence em cada categoria?

Pontuações de Benchmarks Verificadas

Latência e Tempo de Resposta

Simulador Interativo de Custo de Tokens

Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Claude 3 Opus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Especificações Técnicas

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Claude 3 Opus: Respostas Rápidas (FAQ)

Veredito

Perguntas Frequentes (FAQ)

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