Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic's best balance of speed and smarts, for polished docs, decks and sites.
Build with Sonnet 5.5
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Sonnet 5.5 on Runable
Polished, fast
Strongest at docs, slides and spreadsheets, says Anthropic.
Snappy edits
About 134 tokens per second keeps every change quick.
Step up anytime
Move the task to Opus 5.5 when it gets complex.
How to use Sonnet 5.5 on Runable
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Start a task on Runable and pick Sonnet 5.5 in the model menu.

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Edit and ship
Refine by chatting, then publish the site or export to PPTX, PDF or Google Slides.

One prompt, finished work
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- token context window
- 1M
- tokens per second (Artificial Analysis)
- 134
- on Artificial Analysis, Oct 2026
- #2
- turn to build
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Why choose Sonnet 5.5
Almost Opus
1844 vs 1846 on GDPval-AA, at half the API price.
Number two overall
#2 of 214 on Artificial Analysis, right behind Opus 5.5.
Faster than Sonnet 5
30%+ faster output and up to 30% lower cost per task.
Fixes things
70.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 in Anthropic’s table.
Uses a computer
80.1% on OSWorld 2.1, close to Opus 5.5’s 81.8%.
Room for big files
1M-token context and up to 128K tokens out.
Sonnet 5.5 specs
- Maker
- Anthropic
- Family
- Claude 5.5 (balanced)
- Released
- September 28, 2026
- API model ID
- claude-sonnet-5-5
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 128K tokens (300K on Batch API)
- Input / output
- Text and images in, text out
- Reasoning
- Adaptive thinking; up-front thinking can be skipped
- Knowledge cutoff
- June 2026
- API price
- $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens
Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku 5.5
All three have a 1M-token context window, 128K max output and a June 2026 knowledge cutoff. Speeds are from Artificial Analysis, October 2026.
| Model | Best for | Speed | API price in / out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opus 5.5 | Long, complex agent work | 96 tokens/s | $4 / $20 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | Everyday tasks, best speed for the smarts | 134 tokens/s | $2 / $10 |
| Haiku 5.5 | High-volume, quick tasks | 235 tokens/s | $0.10 / $0.50 * |
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