Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads with 7.7% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is $72.00 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
Anthropic
This upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released with significant improvements in coding and agentic tool use. Built to deliver enhanced performance in software engineering tasks, it brought substantial gains in reasoning and problem-solving while introducing the groundbreaking computer use capability in public beta, allowing it to interact with computer interfaces like a human.
7 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 9 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock