Anthropic Released October 21, 2024 Synced Apr 5, 2026

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet

New Claude 3.5 Sonnet delivers better-than-Opus capabilities, faster-than-Sonnet speeds, at the same Sonnet prices. Sonnet is particularly good at: - Coding: Scores ~49% on SWE-Bench Verified, higher than the last best score, and without any fancy prompt scaffolding - Data science: Augments human data science expertise; navigates unstructured data while using multiple tools for insights - Visual processing: excelling at interpreting charts, graphs, and images, accurately transcribing text to derive insights beyond just the text alone - Agentic tasks: exceptional tool use, making it great at agentic tasks (i.e. complex, multi-step problem solving tasks that require engaging with other systems) #multimodal

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Why it stands out

200K-token context window handles longer documents and multi-turn conversations without truncation.

Tool use support makes it viable for function-calling and agentic pipelines.

Multimodal input (vision) extends it beyond text-only workflows.

What to watch

Mid-to-premium output pricing means long generations can add up in production workloads.

No benchmark score currently tracked — evaluate using task-specific testing alongside pricing and capability data.

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Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet entered the tracked catalog

October 21, 2024

New Claude 3.5 Sonnet delivers better-than-Opus capabilities, faster-than-Sonnet speeds, at the same Sonnet prices. Sonnet is particularly good at: - Coding: Scores ~49% on SWE-Bench Verified, higher than the last best score, and without any fancy prompt scaffolding - Data science: Augments human data science expertise; navigates unstructured data while using multiple tools for insights - Visual processing: excelling at interpreting charts, graphs, and images, accurately transcribing text to derive insights beyond just the text alone - Agentic tasks: exceptional tool use, making it great at agentic tasks (i.e. complex, multi-step problem solving tasks that require engaging with other systems) #multimodal

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