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Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 vs Sonnet 4.6 vs Opus 4.8: Agentic Coding Benchmarks, API Pricing, and Cost-Performance Tradeoffs Compared
Claude Sonnet 5 just closed the gap to Opus on agentic coding. At half the price.
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Why it matters
Anthropic is compressing its model hierarchy—Sonnet 5 now rivals Opus 4.8 on coding agents while undercutting it on API costs, forcing teams to recalculate their model selection and inference budget.
The key facts
4 to knowClaude Sonnet 5 narrows gap to Opus 4.8 on agentic coding benchmarks
Sonnet 5 priced lower than Opus 4.8 on token basis
Agentic coding performance compared across Sonnet 5, Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.8
Cost-performance tradeoff analysis provided
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