Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs Claude Sonnet 5
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) and Claude Sonnet 5, both from Anthropic, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Claude Sonnet 5
Input
$2.00
1.5× cheaper
Output
$10.00
1.5× cheaper
Claude Sonnet 5 is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Claude Sonnet 5 uses 79.4x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Claude Sonnet 5
66%Vocabulary59%
74wSentence Length35w
0.72Hedging0.53
0.3Bold3.5
8.9Lists3.5
0.00Emoji0.79
0.06Headings1.25
0.09Transitions0.06
Based on 21 + 27 text responses
Research
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