Claude Sonnet 5 API Pricing
Anthropic · released 2026-06-30
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Claude Sonnet 5 price
0.200¢ / 1K
1.00¢ / 1K
0.400¢ / 1K
Official list price from Anthropic, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.4¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | $0.0130 |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.1100 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0800 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $120.00 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $2.00) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $10.00).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | 156.7 | epoch | 2026-06-30 |
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | 94.7% | epoch | 2026-06-30 |
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | 65.6% | epoch | 2026-06-30 |
| Arena text rating | 1462 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | 1520 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena math rating | 1475 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena WebDev rating | 1540 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
LiveBench
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| LiveBench metric | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Global Average | 76.0 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 88.7 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Coding | 80.7 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 59.4 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 92.9 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 71.7 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Language | 75.0 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9 | 2026-06-25 |
LiveBench leaderboard (livebench.ai, github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench), CC BY-SA 4.0 — livebench.ai · github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench · CC BY-SA 4.0
Similar ECI, lower price
| Model | ECI | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 153.6 | $0.1942 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 160.2 | $0.20 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 156.7 | $0.20 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | 159.3 | $0.2625 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 156.8 | $0.45 |
More from Anthropic
| Model | Released | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 2026-10-07 | $0.20 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 2026-09-28 | $4.00 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 2026-09-22 | $8.00 |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | 2026-09-01 | $20.00 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | 2026-09-01 | $20.00 |
| Claude Opus 5 | 2026-07-24 | $10.00 |
| Claude Mythos 5 | 2026-06-09 | $20.00 |
| Claude Fable 5 | 2026-06-09 | $20.00 |
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Prices: Anthropic's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
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FAQ
Who develops Claude Sonnet 5?
Claude Sonnet 5 is developed by Anthropic, released 2026-06-30.
How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost per million tokens?
Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens ($4.00 blended), per Anthropic's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Claude Sonnet 5 API price?
The Claude Sonnet 5 API price is $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens ($4.00 per 1M blended).
How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.4¢ on Claude Sonnet 5, at $2.00/1M input and $10.00/1M output.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 free?
Claude Sonnet 5's official API list price is $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Anthropic's site for those.
How does Claude Sonnet 5 rank on benchmarks?
Claude Sonnet 5 scores 156.7 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #30 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.
Is there a cheaper model with a similar ECI to Claude Sonnet 5?
Yes — GLM-5.3-Flash scores a similar ECI (153.6) at $0.1942/1M blended, versus $4.00/1M for Claude Sonnet 5.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Claude Sonnet 5 comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses); LiveBench scores (below) are CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.