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Claude Sonnet 5

Best mix of speed and intelligence in the Claude 5 line

Official specs
Main purpose
Everyday coding and chat with fast latency
Context window
1M tokens
API pricing
$2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens
Access
claude.ai, Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock
Knowledge cutoff
January 2026

Capabilities

Key features

  • 1M-token context
  • Adaptive thinking
  • 128K max output tokens
  • Fast comparative latency

Notes

  • Anthropic describes Sonnet 5 as the best combination of speed and intelligence, with fast comparative latency.

Limitations

  • Not the top Claude for the hardest agentic coding (Opus 5) or cheapest/fastest (Haiku 4.5).

Context, pricing, cutoff, and positioning from Anthropic model docs.

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