Data points: 130
Model compare
The readout for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 4.6, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 70.7 to 29.3.
Evidence depth
130 data points
Includes 24 benchmark rows, 4 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Opus 5
The charts below split 36 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 4.6: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 70.7 pts | 29.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 4 categories | 1 categories |
| Operational advantages | No data | Provider coverage |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text | Input |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | Claude |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-opus-5 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 4.6: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5 leads these benchmark categories: Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Multimodal.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Opus 5
64.5
Avg. score
Claude Sonnet 4.6
53.2
Claude Opus 5 leads by 13.8
Claude Opus 5 leads by 12.6
Claude Opus 5 leads by 10.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 4.1
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5 leads by 14.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Opus 5
winner85.0
Rank #1/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
63.0
Rank #28/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
$25.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$15.00/M
Rank #142/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
$10.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$6.00/M
Rank #143/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
$5.00/M
Rank #152/169 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$3.00/M
Rank #143/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
winner29.1
Rank #5/77 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
0.9
Rank #64/77 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner93.2%
Rank #5/194 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
87.5%
Rank #34/194 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
winner52.6%
Rank #5/193 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
30.0%
Rank #35/193 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
winner70.0
Rank #19/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
57.7
Rank #68/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner83.1
Rank #1/71 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
63.7
Rank #9/71 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner96.0
Rank #1/45 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
79.6
Rank #14/45 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner53.4
Rank #2/9 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
24.3
Rank #9/9 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner55.7%
Rank #7/191 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
46.8%
Rank #32/191 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 5
winner55.7
Rank #9/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
46.9
Rank #36/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner60.7
Rank #1/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
35.9
Rank #48/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner93.5
Rank #1/60 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
76.9
Rank #20/60 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner52.6
Rank #2/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
13.2
Rank #68/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner93.2
Rank #5/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
79.9
Rank #68/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner54.2
Rank #6/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
38.0
Rank #33/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
50.1
Rank #70/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner65.9
Rank #57/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner84.7
Rank #1/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
70.6
Rank #44/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner1341.0
Rank #2/69 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
1310.0
Rank #11/69 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner89.1
Rank #3/40 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
57.5
Rank #29/40 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner70.6
Rank #1/13 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
8.3
Rank #10/13 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Claude Opus 5
winner84.4
Rank #9/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-07-24
Claude Sonnet 4.6
54.7
Rank #35/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Opus 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 No audit yet | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 97 10010086100 |
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 No audit yet | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 94 76100100100 |
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 No audit yet | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 91 64100100100 |
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 No audit yet | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 89 56100100100 |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Opus 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
10 tests | Claude Opus 5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 86 tok/s / 1831ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 48 tok/s / 718ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 38 tok/s / 3067ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 55 tok/s / 2094ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 42 tok/s / 4504ms input / output No data |
Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5-免费 speed / latency No data input / output $0.0030/request | Claude Sonnet 4.6 流式抗截断/claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $20.25/M | |
Claude Opus 5 claude-opus-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.0068/M/$0.034/M | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0.822/M |
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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