Benchmark scores
Higher is better for all benchmark scores (SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, etc.). Green marks the model with the higher score.
LLM Comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8: benchmark scores, pricing & comparison.
Side-by-side Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8 comparison across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, context window, and AskClash RWT. Green marks the winner on each benchmark.
Verdict: Claude Sonnet 5.5 ranks higher (#6 vs #15) and wins 6 of 7 shared benchmarks; Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs less ($2.00/$10.0 vs $5.00/$25.0 per 1M tokens).
Rank #6 vs #15AskClash overall scores 73.7 vs 65.9.
Pricing $2.00/$10.0 vs $5.00/$25.0Input and output token prices per 1M tokens when published.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8 benchmark comparison
Green cells highlight the winning model for each metric. Scores are cached from the AskClash LLM leaderboard snapshot.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.7 | 65.9 |
| Leaderboard Rank | #6 | #15 |
| ACB | 76.6 | 60.1 |
| RWT | — | 9.0 |
| Coding Agent Index | — | 72.5 |
| HLE | 64.5 | 57.9 |
| GPQA | — | 93.6 |
| IFEval | — | 62.2 |
| SWE-bench | — | 88.6 |
| SWE-Pro | 81.3 | 69.2 |
| SWE-Atlas | — | 82.5 |
| Terminal-Bench | 83.2 | 74.6 |
| DeepSWE | 71.0 | 59.0 |
| GDPval-AA | 1844.2 | 1889.8 |
| OSWorld | — | 83.4 |
| MCP Atlas | — | 82.2 |
| Finance Agent | 58.1 | 53.9 |
| CharXiv | — | 89.9 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 72.1 |
| Tau2 | — | 94.4 |
| Input Price (per 1M tokens) | $2.00 | $5.00 |
| Output Price (per 1M tokens) | $10.0 | $25.0 |
| Context Window | 1M | 1M |
| Benchmarks Published | 10 | 16 |
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8 head-to-head charts
Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 7 and Claude Opus 4.8 leads 1 of 8 shared benchmarks. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper on a defined 1M-input / 200K-output workload. Charts show only benchmarks both models publish.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Opus 4.8
Overall
ACB
HLE
SWE-Pro
Terminal-Bench
DeepSWE
GDPval-AA
Finance Agent
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input$2.00
Output$10.0
Workload$4.00
Context1M
Claude Opus 4.8
Input$5.00
Output$25.0
Workload$10
Context1M
Workload = published cost of 1M input + 200K output tokens. Open the live leaderboard for interactive compare charts.
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How to read this comparison
Token pricing
Lower is better for input and output prices. Green marks the cheaper model per 1M tokens.
Coverage matters
Models with fewer disclosed benchmark cells may have inflated percentile scores. Check the benchmark cell count for context.
This comparison page is generated from the AskClash LLM leaderboard cache. Open the live leaderboard for real-time scores and interactive filtering.