- Score
- 8.6 (-0.03 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.061 · 96.0% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 7.51s · 49.9% faster
Anthropic
Release: 2026-09-29
Tested on: 2026-09-30 22:59
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5::xhigh
~1T total (~100B active)MoEClosedEstimated
Summary
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores 8.6 on AI BENCHY and ranks #101. It has 10.0 reliability, a 79.7% pass rate, $1.516 total cost, and 14.98s average response time.
Archived model: this model is no longer updated or tested on new tests.
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Model facts
Researched on 2026-09-29
- Parameters
- ~1T total (~100B active)
- Architecture
- MoE
- Availability
- Closed
- License
- -
Best estimate from public evidence; the vendor did not disclose every value. Vendor does not disclose parameter counts or architecture. Low-confidence catalog estimates carry forward the prior Claude Sonnet 5 family estimates; the announcement establishes identity and API availability, not these counts. Thinking is always on; OpenRouter lists low, medium, high, xhigh, and max efforts.
8.6
Consistency
8.7
10.0
$1.516
Total Output Tokens
83,041
Total Input Tokens
342,579
Input Price
$2.000 / 1M
Output Price
$10.000 / 1M
Cache Read Price
$0.200 / 1M
Cache Write Price
$2.500 / 1M
Cache prices apply to input tokens. Reads reuse cached prompts; writes store them and can cost extra. Output tokens use the output price.
Flaky tests
4
Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).
Hamster playing table tennis
Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.
#101 Claude Sonnet 5.5
xhigh- Cost
- $0.319
- Time
- 258.6s
- Tokens
- 31,969 tok
Price History
Historical pricing data for this model from OpenRouter.
| Date | Input Price | Output Price | Cache Read Price | Cache Write Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 18:33 | $2.000 / 1M | $10.000 / 1M | $0.200 / 1M | $2.500 / 1M |
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Score | Consistency | Tests Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Anti-AI Tricks | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Coding | 8.2 | 7.2 | |
| Combined | 8.7 | 6.9 | |
| Data parsing and extraction | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Domain specific | 2.9 | 7.2 | |
| General Intelligence | 6.5 | 3.4 | |
| Instructions following | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Puzzle Solving | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Tool Calling | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Trivia | 3.0 | 10.0 |