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title: Claude Sonnet 5
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5/overview
description: "Claude Sonnet 5 reference: lifecycle status, model IDs on every platform, context window, output limits, pricing, and migration resources. Claude Sonnet 5 is a legacy model; Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the current Sonnet model."
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**Legacy.** Released June 30, 2026.
Although Claude Sonnet 5 is still available, you should consider migrating to Claude Sonnet 5.5. [See Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) · [Migrate to Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/migration-guide#migrating-from-claude-sonnet-5)
Model ID: `claude-sonnet-5`
Context window: 1M tokens · Max output: 128K tokens · Input pricing: $2 / MTok · Output pricing: $10 / MTok
[Announcement](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5)
## How it compares to the current lineup
| Model | Context | Max output | Price / MTok | Thinking | Default effort | Knowledge cutoff |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------ | :--------- | :----------------- | :------------------- | :------------- | :--------------- |
| [Claude Fable 5.1](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/overview) | 1M | 128K | $10 / $50 | Adaptive (always on) | `high` | Jun 2026 |
| [Claude Opus 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/opus-5-5/overview) | 1M | 128K | $4 / $20 | Adaptive (always on) | `medium` | Jun 2026 |
| [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/sonnet-5-5/overview) | 1M | 128K | $2 / $10 | Adaptive | `high` | Jun 2026 |
| **Claude Sonnet 5** (this model) | 1M | 128K | $2 / $10 | Adaptive | `high` | Jan 2026 |
| [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/overview) | 1M | 128K | From $0.10 / $0.50 | Adaptive | `medium` | Jun 2026 |
* **Context:** 1M tokens is roughly 555k words or 2.5M Unicode characters on the current tokenizer (introduced with Claude Opus 4.7); models before it fit about 750k words in 1M tokens. 200k tokens is roughly 150k words.
* **Max output:** Synchronous Messages API limit. On the Message Batches API, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.6, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 support up to 300k output tokens with the output-300k-2026-03-24 beta header.
* **Price / MTok:** Input / output, base price per million tokens. Batch API requests are 50% off; prompt caching reads cost 10% of the base input price (2.5% on Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, 5% on Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5). See Pricing for the full list.
* **Thinking:** Adaptive thinking lets the model decide how much to think, steered by effort. Extended thinking is the manual budget\_tokens mode on earlier models.
* **Default effort:** The effort parameter’s default on the Claude API. Models without a value don’t support the parameter.
* **Knowledge cutoff:** Reliable knowledge cutoff: the date through which the model’s knowledge is most extensive and reliable.
## Specifications
### Model IDs
| Platform | Model ID |
| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------- |
| Claude API | `claude-sonnet-5` |
| [Amazon Bedrock](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-amazon-bedrock) | `anthropic.claude-sonnet-5` |
| [Google Cloud](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-on-vertex-ai) | `claude-sonnet-5` |
| [Microsoft Foundry](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-microsoft-foundry) | `claude-sonnet-5` |
| [Claude Platform on AWS](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-platform-on-aws) | `claude-sonnet-5` |
### Pricing
| Feature | Value |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------- |
| Input | $2 / MTok |
| Output | $10 / MTok |
| [5m cache write](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) | $2.50 / MTok |
| [1h cache write](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) | $4 / MTok |
| [Cache read](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) | $0.20 / MTok |
| [Batch API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/batch-processing) | 50% discount on input and output |
[Full price list](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing)
### Capabilities
| Feature | Value |
| :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------- |
| [Context window](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-windows) | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens |
| [Max output (Batch API, beta)](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/batch-processing#extended-output-beta) | 300K tokens |
| [Thinking](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/thinking) | Adaptive |
| [Default effort](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/effort) | `high` |
| Input → output | Text and images → text |
| Reliable knowledge cutoff | Jan 2026 |
| Training data cutoff | Jan 2026 |
### Availability
| Feature | Value |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Status](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations) | Active (legacy) |
| Released | June 30, 2026 |
| Retirement | Not sooner than June 30, 2027 |
| Platforms | Claude API, [Amazon Bedrock](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-amazon-bedrock), [Google Cloud](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-on-vertex-ai), [Microsoft Foundry](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-microsoft-foundry), [Claude Platform on AWS](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-platform-on-aws) |
## Good to know
* On the [Message Batches API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/batch-processing#extended-output-beta), Claude Sonnet 5 supports up to 300k output tokens with the `output-300k-2026-03-24` beta header.
* Setting `temperature`, `top_p`, or `top_k` to non-default values returns a 400 error.
* Query limits and capabilities programmatically with the [Models API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/models/list).
## Resources
What changes when moving from Claude Sonnet 5 to Claude Sonnet 5.5.
The current Sonnet model: overview, specs, and resources.
Model-specific prompting guidance.
On by default on Claude Sonnet 5. Steer depth with `effort`.
Effort defaults to `high` on the Claude API and Claude Code. Choose a level per workload.
1M tokens by default. How the window is counted and managed.
## Reference
The system prompt Claude Sonnet 5 uses on claude.ai and the Claude apps.
Safety evaluations and deployment decisions for Claude Sonnet 5.
Full price list, including batch discounts and prompt caching rates.
How model IDs, aliases, and pinned snapshots work.
Lifecycle status and retirement commitments for every Claude model.