Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 66.2 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.7% for Claude Sonnet 5 and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Claude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.633.0
Released2026-06-292024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked5114

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#26), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding14831235
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1541—
SciCode54.3%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.8 (#18), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 49.1 (#39), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14611220
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.21—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.2 (#27), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%4.4%
LMArena Math14671242
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench77%—
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.6 (#47), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond90.5%46.3%
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—
LMArena Expert1490—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#31), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Vision1274—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 53.8 (#55), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English14311236
LMArena Chinese14771249
LMArena Russian14511246
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1411—
LMArena Spanish1437—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.3 (#41), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following14521233

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#55), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query14631224

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.2 (#25), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text14421256
LMArena Creative Writing14161231
LMArena Multi-Turn14541252
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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