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AI model rankingsLanguageClaude Sonnet 5.5

Claude Sonnet 5.5

AnthropicLow Released September 2026

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#58 smartest of 92 Updated Nov 2, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC

At a glance

How Claude Sonnet 5.5 compares with the other 91 ranked language models.

  • Middle of the pack. Ranked #58 of 92 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 37% of models.

  • Average speed. Writes about 67 words per second, faster than 54% of models.

  • Answers right away. You wait about 0.86 sec before the answer starts.

  • Mid-range price. $4.00 per million tokens, cheaper than 35% of models.

Model details

Made by
Anthropic
Model family
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Version
Low
Released
September 2026 · 5 weeks ago
Input price
$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output price
$10.0 / 1M tokens
Value for money
#71 of 86
Tests with scores
4 of 8

Good for

No standout strengths in the tests.

Not ideal for

No clear weak spots in the tests.

Intelligence

25

overall score

#58 of 92typical 30

Coding

–

coding score

typical –

Speed

89

tokens per second

#43 of 92typical 91

Wait

0.86 sec

before it replies

#2 of 78typical 14s

Price

$4.00

per 1M tokens

#56 of 86typical $2.00

Test results

Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.

  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Very hard expert questions across many subjects

    36%#56 of 86typical 42%
  • SciCode

    Writing code to solve science research problems

    49%#62 of 86typical 53%
  • Long documents

    Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts

    76%#71 of 87typical 80%
  • Terminal-Bench

    Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent

    21%#57 of 92typical 30%

Where it ranks on intelligence

This model next to the models closest to it. Click another bar to open that model.

What would it cost?

Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.

  • 1,000 chat replies

    a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times

    $7.00
  • Summarise a 100-page report

    about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out

    $0.14
  • Write a 2,000-word article

    a short brief in, a long article out

    $0.03

Input, per 1M tokens

$2.00

Output, per 1M tokens

$10.0

How long do answers take?

Median times measured through the API.

Before the answer starts0.86 sec
Writing speed≈ 67 words / sec
A full 500-word answer8.4 sec

1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.

Versions of Claude Sonnet 5.5

Higher effort settings think longer: smarter, but slower and pricier.

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5

    AnthropicMax

    54

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    134

    tokens/s

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5

    AnthropicXhigh

    50

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    95

    tokens/s

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5

    AnthropicHigh

    41

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    97

    tokens/s

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5

    AnthropicMedium

    30

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    92

    tokens/s

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5

    AnthropicLow

    25

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    89

    tokens/s

Similar models

Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.

  • Mistral Large 4 Preview

    Mistral

    25

    intelligence

    $1.05

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

  • Muse Spark Open

    MetaXhigh

    25

    intelligence

    $2.00

    per 1M

    191

    tokens/s

  • Mistral Large 4

    MistralHigh

    26

    intelligence

    $1.05

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash

    Xiaomi

    27

    intelligence

    $0.17

    per 1M

    36

    tokens/s

  • DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

    DeepSeekMax

    23

    intelligence

    $1.98

    per 1M

    87

    tokens/s

More from Anthropic

  • Claude Opus 5.5

    AnthropicMax

    58

    intelligence

    $8.00

    per 1M

    96

    tokens/s

  • Claude Fable 5.1

    AnthropicXhigh

    50

    intelligence

    $20.0

    per 1M

    55

    tokens/s

  • Claude Haiku 5.5

    AnthropicMax

    36

    intelligence

    $0.20

    per 1M

    235

    tokens/s

Questions people ask

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 a good AI model?
On the overall intelligence score it ranks #58 of 92 (score 25; the typical model scores 30).
How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost?
Through the API it costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.0 per million output tokens. In everyday terms, 1,000 chat replies cost about $7.00. Chat apps that use it usually charge a monthly plan instead.
How fast is Claude Sonnet 5.5?
It writes about 67 words per second, and you wait about 0.86 sec before the answer starts. A full 500-word answer takes roughly 8.4 sec.
What's the difference between the Claude Sonnet 5.5 versions?
There are 5 settings: Max (score 54), Xhigh (score 50), High (score 41), Medium (score 30), Low (score 25). Higher settings think for longer, which makes answers smarter but slower and more expensive.
What are good alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5.5?
Models with a similar score include Mistral Large 4 Preview by Mistral, Muse Spark Open by Meta, Mistral Large 4 by Mistral. The cheapest of these is MiMo-V2.6-Flash at $0.17 per million tokens.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.