Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Opus 5.5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Claude Sonnet 5 by Anthropic against Claude Opus 5.5 by Anthropic across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Claude Sonnet 5
Derin Akıl Yürütme ModeliAnthropic tarafından geliştirilen Claude Sonnet 5, 1M token bağlam penceresi ve 1M girdi başına $3, 1M çıktı başına $15 API fiyatlandırmasıyla yazılım geliştirme, analiz ve kurumsal otomasyon için tasarlanmıştır.
$3.00 / 1M
$15.00 / 1M
1M tokens
81.2%
Claude Opus 5.5
Derin Akıl Yürütme ModeliAnthropic tarafından geliştirilen Claude Opus 5.5, 1M token bağlam penceresi ve 1M girdi başına $4.0, 1M çıktı başına $20.0 API fiyatlandırmasıyla yazılım geliştirme, analiz ve kurumsal otomasyon için tasarlanmıştır.
$4.00 / 1M
$20.00 / 1M
1M tokens
84.6%
Bir Bakışta Temel Farklar
- Claude Sonnet 5 is 1.3x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Claude Sonnet 5 is faster at 95 tok/s vs 78 tok/s.
- Claude Opus 5.5 leads on SWE-bench coding (84.6% vs 81.2%).
| Feature | Claude Sonnet 5 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 68 | 94 |
Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $3.00 / 1M | $4.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $15.00 / 1M | $20.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $2.31 / 1M | $3.08 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 128K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 95 tok/s | 78 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | 81.2% | 84.6% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 77.5% | 82.3% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.30 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
Hangi Alanda Kim Kazanıyor?
At-a-glance decision frameworkDoğrulanmış Benchmark Puanları
Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.
Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.
Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.
Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Gecikme Süresi ve Yanıt Hızı
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Gerçek Zamanlı Token Maliyet Simülatörü
Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.
Claude Sonnet 5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Anthropic imzalı gelişmiş Next-Gen 1M Multimodal Agent Engine mimarisi ve 1M token bağlam kapasitesi
- Dengeli API maliyeti ($3/1M girdi, $15/1M çıktı) ve yüksek yanıt hızı
- Kod üretimi, mantıksal çıkarım ve çok dilli görevlerde güçlü kıyaslama (benchmark) sonuçları
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Çok uzun bağlamlı sorgularda token maliyetlerinin dikkatli yönetilmesi gerekir
- Alan bazlı özel iş akışlarında en yüksek verim için doğru istem (prompt) tasarımı önerilir
Claude Opus 5.5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Anthropic imzalı gelişmiş Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer mimarisi ve 1M token bağlam kapasitesi
- Dengeli API maliyeti ($4.0/1M girdi, $20.0/1M çıktı) ve yüksek yanıt hızı
- Kod üretimi, mantıksal çıkarım ve çok dilli görevlerde güçlü kıyaslama (benchmark) sonuçları
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Çok uzun bağlamlı sorgularda token maliyetlerinin dikkatli yönetilmesi gerekir
- Alan bazlı özel iş akışlarında en yüksek verim için doğru istem (prompt) tasarımı önerilir
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $3.48 | $3.85 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 72K | 68K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 38K | 42K |
Teknik Özellikler
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Feature | Claude Sonnet 5 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | claude-sonnet-5-20260601 | claude-opus-5-5-20260901 |
| API Protocol | Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI | Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI |
| Release Date | 2026-06 | 2026-09 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | March 2026 | June 2026 |
| Architecture | Next-Gen 1M Multimodal Agent Engine | Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer |
| Parameters | Confidential | Confidential |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | 4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM | 4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 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 | $0.4/1M 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 |
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Opus 5.5: Hızlı Yanıtlar (SSS)
Which is more intelligent, Claude Sonnet 5 or Claude Opus 5.5?
Claude Opus 5.5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 68 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Claude Sonnet 5 is faster, generating 95 tokens per second compared with 78 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Claude Sonnet 5 is cheaper at $2.31 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $3.08 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Claude Sonnet 5 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.60s compared with 1.40s.
Sonuç
Choose Claude Sonnet 5 for kurumsal otomasyon, yazılım mühendisliği, otonom yz ajanları ve anthropic tabanlı üretim sistemleri, or choose Claude Opus 5.5 for kurumsal otomasyon, yazılım mühendisliği, otonom yz ajanları ve anthropic tabanlı üretim sistemleri.
Sıkça Sorulan Sorular (SSS)
Which is cheaper: Claude Sonnet 5 or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Claude Sonnet 5 costs $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens, while Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/1M input and $20/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 5 or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Claude Sonnet 5 supports 1M tokens whereas Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1M tokens.
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