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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 5

At a glance

Anthropic's Sonnet-class model for well-scoped everyday work, a direct upgrade over Claude Sonnet 5.

1M ctx$2.00/$10.00 per M

Anthropic's flagship for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work.

1M ctx$5.00/$25.00 per M
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Benchmarks
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Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Cheaper60%
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science2%95.6%Factual Recall46.5%
Math
Competition Math1%100.0%
Agentic
Novel Reasoning—
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science93.9%Factual Recall29%59.9%
Math
Competition Math98.9%
Agentic
Novel Reasoning90.4%
Specs
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Sep 2026
Released
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input60%$2.00/M tokens
Output60%$10.00/M tokens
Cache read60%$0.20/M tokens
Cache write60%$2.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$5.00/M tokens
Output$25.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Cache write$6.25/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 5▼

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Claude Opus 5?

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Both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Claude Opus 5?

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Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a lower blended cost. Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 input / $10.00 output. Claude Opus 5: $5.00 input / $25.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Claude Opus 5?

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Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1M tokens vs Claude Opus 5 at 1M tokens.

Do both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5 support vision?

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Yes, both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5?

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Key differences: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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