Intelligence
15.9
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General reasoning and benchmark headroom.
LimitedAnthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a mid-range multimodal generalist from anthropic with a heavy runtime profile, large context posture, and the clearest fit around long-context research / multimodal.
Benchmark blend
Dev workflow signal
Large
Mid-range tier
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet currently reads as a mid-range multimodal option with large context and a heavy runtime profile.
Decision Strip
Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.
General reasoning and benchmark headroom.
LimitedLatency data is partial.
SituationalHow much prompt and task state can stay in view.
Above average$15.00 output / 1M
CompetitiveEditorial Profile
Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.
New Claude 3.5 Sonnet delivers better-than-Opus capabilities, faster-than-Sonnet speeds, at the same Sonnet prices. Sonnet is particularly good at: - Coding: Scores ~49% on SWE-Bench Verified, higher than the last best score, and without any fancy prompt scaffolding - Data science: Augments human data science expertise; navigates unstructured data while using multiple tools for insights - Visual processing: excelling at interpreting charts, graphs, and images, accurately transcribing text to derive insights beyond just the text alone - Agentic tasks: exceptional tool use, making it great at agentic tasks (i.e. complex, multi-step problem solving tasks that require engaging with other systems) #multimodal
anthropic multimodal profile
Long-context research / Multimodal with large context and heavy runtime.
Balanced spend profile. Easier to justify in mixed production and exploration workloads.
Large context headroom supports repo-wide prompts and long research sessions.
Vision-capable routing opens up multimodal review and extraction workflows.
Costs look manageable, but still deserve attention in always-on agents or batch jobs.
Latency profile is better for deliberate runs than rapid back-and-forth chat.
Image-grounded review, multimodal extraction, and UI audit workflows.
Long-context summarization, repo analysis, and policy or document review.
Benchmarks
Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.
Broad reasoning, knowledge depth, and flagship benchmark posture.
Software implementation, debugging quality, and coding benchmark signal.
Formal reasoning, structured problem solving, and competition-style math.
Specs & Pricing
Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.
This model sits in a balanced spend range. It is easier to justify across both production and exploratory workflows.
Metadata
Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.