Claude Sonnet 5 launches with $2 per million input tokens pricing and improved coding performance, narrowing the gap with Anthropic's flagship Opus models.

Claude Sonnet 5 is the most agentic Sonnet model yet, rivaling Opus 4.8 in performance at lower prices, Anthropic said.

Claude Sonnet 5 brings near-Opus 4.8 agentic performance at a mid-tier price, from $2/$10 per million tokens until August 31. Here's what is new.