Long Context Processing
Handles up to 200,000 tokens in a single context window, allowing it to process lengthy documents, large codebases, or extended conversation histories without truncation.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Claude 3 Sonnet is a large language model developed by Anthropic, released as part of the Claude 3 model family in early 2024. It is designed to occupy a middle position within that family, offering a balance between response quality and processing speed suited to high-volume, enterprise-scale deployments. The model supports a 200,000-token context window, enabling it to process and reason over long documents, codebases, and extended conversations in a single pass. Claude 3 Sonnet is particularly well-suited for organizations running large-scale AI workloads where throughput and cost efficiency are priorities alongside output quality. Its training data has a cutoff of August 2023, and it is available through Anthropic's API as well as cloud providers including Amazon Web Services via Bedrock. The model handles tasks such as summarization, question answering, content drafting, and code assistance across a wide range of professional contexts.
August 2023
200,000 context
4,096 tokens output
Long Context Processing
Text Generation
Code Assistance
Instruction Following
High-Volume Throughput
Multilingual Text
Model Overview
High-signal model metadata in a structured two-column overview table.
Provider
The entity that provides this model.
Anthropic
Input Context Window
The number of tokens supported by the input context window.
200,000
tokens
Maximum Output Tokens
The number of tokens that can be generated by the model in a single request.
4,096 tokens
tokens
Open Source
Whether the model's code is available for public use.
No
Release Date
When the model was first released.
August 2023
Knowledge Cut-off Date
When the model's knowledge was last updated.
August 2023
API Providers
The providers that offer this model. This is not an exhaustive list.
Anthropic API, Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock
Modalities
Types of data this model can process.
Text
Code
What is Claude 3 Sonnet
A fuller summary of positioning, capabilities, and source-specific details for Claude 3 Sonnet.
Claude 3 Sonnet is a large language model developed by Anthropic, released as part of the Claude 3 model family in early 2024. It is designed to occupy a middle position within that family, offering a balance between response quality and processing speed suited to high-volume, enterprise-scale deployments. The model supports a 200,000-token context window, enabling it to process and reason over long documents, codebases, and extended conversations in a single pass.
Claude 3 Sonnet is particularly well-suited for organizations running large-scale AI workloads where throughput and cost efficiency are priorities alongside output quality. Its training data has a cutoff of August 2023, and it is available through Anthropic's API as well as cloud providers including Amazon Web Services via Bedrock. The model handles tasks such as summarization, question answering, content drafting, and code assistance across a wide range of professional contexts.
Capabilities
What Claude 3 Sonnet supports
Text Generation
Generates coherent, structured text for tasks including drafting, summarization, and question answering across professional and technical domains.
Code Assistance
Reads, writes, and explains code across common programming languages, supporting tasks like debugging, refactoring, and documentation generation.
Instruction Following
Follows multi-step and nuanced instructions reliably, making it suitable for structured enterprise workflows and automated pipelines.
High-Volume Throughput
Engineered for sustained, large-scale deployments where consistent performance across many concurrent requests is required.
Multilingual Text
Processes and generates text in multiple languages, supporting global enterprise use cases beyond English-only content.
Pricing for Claude 3 Sonnet
Primary API pricing shown in the same “quick compare” spirit as the reference page.
Input tokens
$3.00
Per million tokens
Output tokens
N/A
Per million tokens
Price Comparison
Additional usage-cost dimensions synced into the project for this model.
maxTemperature
1
maxResponseSize
4,096 tokens
API Access & Providers
Places where this model is available, based on the synced detail-page metadata.
Anthropic API
Vertex AI
Amazon Bedrock
Model Performance
Benchmark scores synced from the current model source and normalized into the local catalog.
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AIME 2024
American math olympiad problems
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GPQA Diamond
PhD-level science questions (biology, physics, chemistry)
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HLE
Questions that challenge frontier models across many domains
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LiveCodeBench
Real-world coding tasks from recent competitions
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MATH-500
Undergraduate and competition-level math problems
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MMLU-Pro
Expert knowledge across 14 academic disciplines
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SciCode
Scientific research coding and numerical methods
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Resources & Documentation
Official model cards, release notes, docs, and other references synced from the source page.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3 Sonnet
What is the context window size for Claude 3 Sonnet?
Claude 3 Sonnet supports a context window of 200,000 tokens, which allows it to process very long documents or extended conversations in a single request.
What is the training data cutoff for Claude 3 Sonnet?
Claude 3 Sonnet has a training data cutoff of August 2023, meaning it does not have knowledge of events or information published after that date.
Where can I access Claude 3 Sonnet?
Claude 3 Sonnet is available through Anthropic's API and via Amazon Web Services through the Amazon Bedrock service, where it is listed under the ID claude-3-sonnet-bedrock.
What types of tasks is Claude 3 Sonnet best suited for?
According to Anthropic, Claude 3 Sonnet is designed for enterprise workloads that require a balance of response quality and speed, including summarization, content drafting, question answering, and code assistance at scale.
How does Claude 3 Sonnet fit within the Claude 3 model family?
Claude 3 Sonnet is the middle-tier model in the Claude 3 family, positioned between Claude 3 Haiku (optimized for speed) and Claude 3 Opus (optimized for the highest capability level), offering a balance of both.
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