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Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic·

LLMsmidcloud

Overview

Sonnet-tier Claude model for agentic coding, computer use and tool use, released as the new default in the Claude apps and the API.

Capabilities and innovations

Agentic codingComputer useExtended thinkingTool useVision inputAPI: claude-sonnet-5OSWorld-Verified computer useIntroductory pricing through 2026-08-31

Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreSource
GPQA Diamond88.89%independent
GPQA Diamond 88,89%, measured by Vals AI. Artificial Analysis measures 91,11% at max effort.
Humanity’s Last Exam (no tools)43.2%vendor
Humanity's Last Exam ohne Tools (43,2%); mit Tools 57,4%.
SWE-bench Pro63.2%vendor
MMLU-Pro87.55%independent
MMLU Pro 87,55%, measured by Vals AI.
Terminal-Bench 2.x74.53%independent
Terminal-Bench 2.1 74.53%, measured by Vals AI with the Terminus 2 harness (accessed 2026-09-23). Vals AI is the reference harness for this field so values compare across vendors; vendor and other third-party figures stay in the notes below. Replaces 80.4 (vendor).
Terminal-Bench 3.014.6%independent
Terminal-Bench 3.0 14.6% (± 2.9, 95% CI), official leaderboard maintained by the Terminal-Bench team (Stanford / Harbor / Laude Institute), max effort, agent harness: Claude Code (accessed 2026-09-23). Do not compare against the terminal_bench column: 3.0 is a harder generation on a different scale.
Terminal-Bench 4.012.4%independent
Terminal-Bench 4.0 12.4% (± 3.1, 95% CI), official leaderboard maintained by the Terminal-Bench team (Stanford / Harbor / Laude Institute), max effort, agent harness: Claude Code (accessed 2026-09-23). 4.0 is its own generation and not comparable with the 2.x or 3.0 fields.
MMMU-Pro77.3%third party
MMMU-Pro 77,3%, measured by Artificial Analysis (Adaptive Reasoning, max effort).

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