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Claude Opus 4 (latest) vs Claude Sonnet 5

Compare pricing, context limits, supported inputs and deployment options to choose a model for your workflow.

Claude Opus 4 (latest) from Anthropic lists 200K context, 32K maximum output. Claude Sonnet 5 from Anthropic lists 1M context, 128K maximum output, $2.00 input per 1M tokens, $10.00 output per 1M tokens. Compare the inputs, outputs and deployment options below to see which fits your workflow.

Side-by-sideCapabilities and practical differences

Anthropic

Claude Opus 4 (latest)

Claude Opus 4 (latest) from Anthropic: Flagship Claude model for deep reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agents.

Context
200K
Max output
32K

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗
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Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 from Anthropic: Everyday Claude agent model for coding, planning, browsing, and general work.

Context
1M
Max output
128K
Input / 1M tokens
$2.00
Output / 1M tokens
$10.00

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗

At a glance

Key differences

Compare the available figures below, then try both models on the work you need to do.

Claude Sonnet 5

  • Context capacity: 1M
  • Maximum output: 128K

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4 (latest):200K

Claude Sonnet 5:1M

Claude Sonnet 5

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Claude Opus 4 (latest):32K

Claude Sonnet 5:128K

Claude Sonnet 5

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Claude Opus 4 (latest) and Claude Sonnet 5. Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationClaude Opus 4 (latest)Claude Sonnet 5
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic
Listed pricing routeAnthropicAnthropic
Model familyclaude-opusclaude-sonnet
Accepted inputstext, image, pdftext, image, pdf
Produced outputstexttext
Context window200K1MHigher
Max output32K128KHigher
Input price / 1M—$2.00
Output price / 1M—$10.00
Reasoning modeDocumentedDocumented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedNot documented
Structured outputNot documentedNot documented
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Claude Sonnet 5 if you need larger context or larger maximum output. Test both on the same representative examples and judge the output against your acceptance criteria. Include tool failures, retries and the time to a completed task.

Documentation and model profiles

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Questions people ask

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