Claude 3 Sonnet API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data
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Claude 3 Sonnet benchmark, API pricing, and provider data cover 4 API providers, with prices starting at $0.411/M.
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet balanced capability and efficiency across text and vision tasks in the Claude 3 family.
Category Performance
Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.
- Coverage
- 3 / 8
- Methodology
- V3.0
#1Math39.6Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
#2Reasoning37.7Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
#3Coding36.1Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
Specifications
Rankings
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Detailed scores
Updated: Sep 1, 2026Agents
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No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
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Coding
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Score36.180% interval22.2–50.01/4 Measured dimensionsLiveCodeBench17.5%#109 / 115SciCode22.9%#187 / 206
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Reasoning
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Score37.780% interval26.6–48.82/4 Measured dimensionsMMLU-Pro57.9%#119 / 129GPQA40.0%#203 / 213
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Knowledge
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Math
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Score39.680% interval27.8–51.42/4 Measured dimensionsAIME4.7%#61 / 68MATH-50041.4%#71 / 73
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Multilingual
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Pricing Comparison
Compare Claude 3 Sonnet API pricing across 4 providers. Prices range from $0.411/M to $21.00/M. SanShui API offers the lowest rate at $0.411/M.
| Provider | Health | Model Variant | Group | Input ($/M) | Output ($/M) | Speed (t/s) | First token | Audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L1 100% | claude-3-sonnet-20240229 | Claudecode-求稳分组 | $3.60/M | $18.00/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | claude-3-sonnet-20240229 | default | $0.411/M Cache read$0.041/MCache write$0.514/MCache write 1h$0.822/M | $2.05/M | — | — | — | |
L1 0% | claude-3-sonnet-20240229 | default | $3.00/M | $15.00/M | — | — | — | |
L1 0% | claude-3-sonnet-20240229 | default | $21.00/M Cache read$2.10/MCache write$26.25/MCache write 1h$42.00/M | $105.00/M | — | — | — |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What benchmark data does Claude 3 Sonnet include?
- LMSpeed shows Claude 3 Sonnet benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 4 providers when those signals are available.
- What is the Claude 3 Sonnet API price?
- Claude 3 Sonnet has pricing from 4 providers, ranging from $0.411/M to $21.00/M. SanShui API has the lowest listed price.
- What does the Claude 3 Sonnet API pricing table include?
- The Claude 3 Sonnet API pricing table compares 4 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
- Which provider has the cheapest Claude 3 Sonnet API pricing?
- SanShui API currently has the lowest listed Claude 3 Sonnet price at $0.411/M across 4 providers.
- Is Claude 3 Sonnet API free?
- Claude 3 Sonnet does not currently have a free API tier on LMSpeed. All 4 providers charge per token.