Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 10.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.7 Sonnet offers 64.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4.5. Both models have similar pricing. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet represents Anthropic's first hybrid reasoning model, capable of producing near-instant responses or extended step-by-step thinking that is visible to users. Developed with particularly strong improvements in coding and front-end web development, it allows users to control thinking budgets and balances real-world task performance with reasoning capabilities for enterprise applications.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was developed to bridge human thinking and machine assistance, allowing people to work with language and tools in a more conversational and natural way. Built with a focus on turning ideas into results, it represents an evolution in making AI feel less mechanical while maintaining strong capabilities across reasoning, coding, and collaborative tasks.
7 months newer

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
2025-02-24

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval