Claude 3.5 Sonnet was Anthropic’s mid-size model, yet it outperformed Claude 3 Opus on most evaluations while running faster and costing less. It also introduced Artifacts in claude.ai.
AI model data sheet: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
| Developer | Anthropic |
|---|---|
| Released | June 20, 2024 |
| Type | Large multimodal model |
| Context window | 200K tokens |
| Access | claude.ai and API |
| Licence / weights | Closed |
| Best at | Coding, long-form analysis, document and chart reading |
| Why it matters | Beat the larger Claude 3 Opus at a fraction of the price |
Quick verdict: Best value Claude of 2024 and a developer favourite.
It became widely used by developers for coding work.