Unverified50% confidenceBenchmarkExact time
In advanced coding scenarios, Sonnet 5.5 reaches 49.4% at the Hi effort level, drops to 46.2% at the Max tier, and costs surge from 42 cents to 21 dollars.
1
Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
9/30/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 12/29/2026
Sources
Related Entities
Related Claims
UnverifiedOn Terminal Bench, mid-tier Sonnet 5.5 scores 28.8% at approximately $0.83 per task, while Sonnet 5's highest tier only reaches 10.3% at approximately $11.6 per task76% similarUnverifiedDue to high token consumption, Sonnet 5.5's per-task cost is nearly on par with Fable 5.1.75% similarUnverifiedAt standard pricing ($3/$15), Sonnet 5 averages $2.29 per task on the Intelligence Index, while Opus 4.8 costs only $1.99, making Sonnet 5 approximately 15% more expensive than Opus 4.8.74% similarUnverifiedOpus 5.5 produced approximately 49% more output tokens than Sonnet 5.5, with an equivalent API cost that was nearly half again as expensive.70% similarUnverifiedWhen the thinking intensity was set to max, Sonnet 5.5 fell into overthinking, consuming 128,000 tokens (approximately $1.28) and ultimately failing to produce an SVG due to token exhaustion.69% similar
Cite This Claim
Stable URI
https://kongchang.com/claim/960734API
curl https://kongchang.com/api/v1/knowledge/claims/960734MCP
get_claim(id=960734)