Claude Sonnet 5 Launches at $2 per Million Tokens, Nearing Opus Performance
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5: near-Opus 4.8 performance at $2/$10 per million tokens until Aug 31, a native 1M-token context window, and default status in Claude Code.
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Claude Sonnet 5 Launches: Closer to Opus, and Cheaper
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30. It moves closer to Opus 4.8 on benchmarks while keeping the price flat or lower, and it’s already the default for Free and Pro users.