Sam's News — anthropic — 2026-09-30

Anthropic

6 Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5 with 30% faster performance and lower pricing

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in its Claude 5.5 family, positioning it as a faster and cheaper alternative to Opus 5.5. The mid-tier model runs 30% faster than its predecessor and costs up to 30% less, scoring notably higher on real-world benchmarks while remaining suitable for everyday tasks like document creation and bug fixing.

• Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task
• Scored 1,844 on GDPval-AA v2.1 benchmark, about 400 points ahead of Sonnet 5 and 2 points ahead of Opus 5.5
• Released less than a week after Opus 5.5 launch; Claude Haiku 5.5 coming in coming weeks
• First Sonnet model to beat Pokémon Red working from screenshots alone

Sources: Mashable AI Web Searched