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 Sonnet 5: benchmark scores, pricing & comparison.
Side-by-side Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5 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 #27) and wins 6 of 6 shared benchmarks; Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs less ($2.00/$10.0 vs $3.00/$15.0 per 1M tokens).
Rank #6 vs #27AskClash overall scores 73.7 vs 59.3.
Pricing $2.00/$10.0 vs $3.00/$15.0Input and output token prices per 1M tokens when published.
Proprietary vs ProprietaryAnthropic vs Anthropic.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5 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 Sonnet 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.7 | 59.3 |
| Leaderboard Rank | #6 | #27 |
| ACB | 76.6 | 60.8 |
| RWT | — | 8.5 |
| HLE | 64.5 | 57.4 |
| GPQA | — | 91.1 |
| SWE-bench | — | 85.2 |
| SWE-Pro | 81.3 | 63.2 |
| Terminal-Bench | 83.2 | 80.4 |
| DeepSWE | 71.0 | 53.8 |
| GDPval-AA | 1844.2 | 1618.0 |
| OSWorld | — | 81.2 |
| Finance Agent | 58.1 | — |
| CharXiv | — | 88.3 |
| MMMU-Pro | — | 77.3 |
| Input Price (per 1M tokens) | $2.00 | $3.00 |
| Output Price (per 1M tokens) | $10.0 | $15.0 |
| Context Window | 1M | 1M |
| Benchmarks Published | 10 | 12 |
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5 head-to-head charts
Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 7 and Claude Sonnet 5 leads 0 of 7 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 Sonnet 5
Overall
ACB
HLE
SWE-Pro
Terminal-Bench
DeepSWE
GDPval-AA
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input$2.00
Output$10.0
Workload$4.00
Context1M
Claude Sonnet 5
Input$3.00
Output$15.0
Workload$6.00
Context1M
Workload = published cost of 1M input + 200K output tokens. Open the live leaderboard for interactive compare charts.
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Token pricing
Lower is better for input and output prices. Green marks the cheaper model per 1M tokens.
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