How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost per token?

Claude Sonnet 5 is priced at $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.

What is Claude Sonnet 5's context window?

Claude Sonnet 5 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.

How widely used is Claude Sonnet 5?

Claude Sonnet 5 accounts for about 1.9% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Jul 7, 2026.

What are the alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Nemotron 3 Ultra, and Claude Sonnet 4.6. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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Claude Sonnet 5

Name: Claude Sonnet 5
Author: Anthropic

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Context

tokens

Released

Jun 30, 2026

on OpenRouter

Usage rank

#12

of 41 tracked models

Token share

1.9%

OpenRouter · Jul 7, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$2.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Output $/MTok

$10.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.2

OpenRouter

Cache write $/MTok

$2.50

OpenRouter

Current Claude Sonnet 5 prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	anthropic/claude-sonnet-5	$2.00	$10.00	$0.2	$2.50	1M	Jul 8, 2026	—
models.dev	github-copilot/claude-sonnet-5	$2.00	$10.00	$0.2	$2.50	1M	Jul 8, 2026	9.1%
llm-prices.com	claude-sonnet-5	$2.00	$10.00	—	—	—	Jul 8, 2026	—

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

3 sources tracking

announced — $3.00 in / $15.00 out effective Sep 1, 2026 (llm-prices.com · source)

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jan 1, 2023

Specs

Context & availability

Claude Sonnet 5 specifications.
Provider	Anthropic
Context window	1M tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Jun 30, 2026
Tracked price sources	llm-prices.com · OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-20260630

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: claude-sonnet-5

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Jul 7, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

1.9% on Jul 7, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Claude Sonnet 5.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
AA Intelligence Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-5	53.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-5	71.5index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Agentic Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-5	46.7index	—	or-embedded-aa

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5 by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
12	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	152.1B	0.9%	vs Claude Sonnet 5
14	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	126.5B	19%	vs Claude Sonnet 5
11	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	157.8B	25.8%	vs Claude Sonnet 5
10	GPT-5.5OpenAI	175.1B	5.1%	vs Claude Sonnet 5

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

FAQ

Claude Sonnet 5 FAQ

How much does Claude Sonnet 5 cost per token?: Claude Sonnet 5 is priced at $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.
What is Claude Sonnet 5's context window?: Claude Sonnet 5 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.
How widely used is Claude Sonnet 5?: Claude Sonnet 5 accounts for about 1.9% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Jul 7, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Nemotron 3 Ultra, and Claude Sonnet 4.6. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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