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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Former Anthropic default model; SWE-bench record holder at release.

Creator: Anthropic
Lifecycle: Retired
Context: 200.0K
Max output: 8.1K
Released: Jun 21, 2024
Status: up

Input: $3.00 / 1M tokens
Output: $15.00 / 1M tokens
Cached read: $0.30 / 1M tokens
Cached write: — / 1M tokens
Batch discount: 50%
Source: Claude 3.5 Sonnet pricing
Verified: Apr 5, 2026 (High)

Capabilities

Modalities: textimage→text
Capabilities: imageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths: Best-in-class at launch, SWE-bench leader
Tradeoffs: Retired October 2025

Official Links

Intro

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-5-sonnet

Docs

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/models/all-models

Pricing

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing

Release note

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/model-deprecations

Benchmark Coverage

Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes
MMLU	2024	88.3 %	Oct 1, 2024	Anthropic	Vendor-reported
SWE-bench Verified	2024	49 %	Oct 1, 2024	Anthropic	Vendor-reported

Release History

Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Claude 3.5 Sonnet	claude-3-5-sonnet	Retired	Oct 22, 2024	—	—	Current published model family snapshot.

Host Coverage

Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
Anthropic API	first-party	200.0K	Retired.	—

Migration Guidance

Retired. Migrate to Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Replacement models: claude-sonnet-4-6

Change Events

Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Jun 21, 2024	family_added	Claude 3.5 Sonnet published	Initial public model family launch.	Claude 3.5 Sonnet release notes

Other models from Anthropic

Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Haiku, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 4, Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Sonnet 4.6