# Claude Sonnet 5

> Claude Sonnet 5 is a proprietary language model from Anthropic, released on 29 Jun 2026. It accepts text, images and PDFs and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 128K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens (Claude API), across 8 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/claude-sonnet-5
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Anthropic
- **Release date:** 29 Jun 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Context window:** 1M (1,000,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Max output:** 128K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** 31 Jan 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and PDFs (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/anthropic/models/claude-sonnet-5.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude API | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Azure AI Foundry | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Vertex AI (Claude) | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Google Vertex AI | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| OpenRouter | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $2 | $10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| Snowflake Cortex | – | – | – | 1M |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 5?

Claude Sonnet 5 has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 128,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Claude Sonnet 5 API cost?

Through Claude API, Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Claude Sonnet 5 open source?

No. Claude Sonnet 5 is a proprietary model; Anthropic has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI (Claude).

### When was Claude Sonnet 5 released?

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on 29 Jun 2026, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Claude Sonnet 5?

We track Claude Sonnet 5 on 8 providers: Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI (Claude), Google Vertex AI, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Snowflake Cortex.

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