Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5
The model runs over 30% faster and reduces per-task costs by up to 30% through improved token efficiency compared to Sonnet 5.
- Priced at the same per-token rate as Sonnet 5 while requiring fewer tokens to complete tasks
- Beats Sonnet 5's top benchmark scores at Low or Medium effort levels for roughly one-tenth the cost
- First Sonnet model to incorporate cyber safeguards and fallbacks found in higher-tier models
- Available immediately across all Claude platforms, with Claude Haiku 5.5 planned for the coming weeks
Developers and teams get faster output and lower operational costs for everyday coding, document creation, and iterative tasks.

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