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# Claude 3 Sonnet

> Claude 3 Sonnet by Anthropic, released February 2024. Ranked #319 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 29.0. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/claude-3-sonnet
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Claude 3 Sonnet Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Claude 3 Sonnet by Anthropic ranks 319th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.0. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 125th.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #319 of 354
- **Index score:** 29.0
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 30 results
- **Provider:** [Anthropic](https://noometry.com/providers/anthropic)
- **Released:** February 29, 2024
- **Weights:** Proprietary
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Claude 3 Sonnet category scores

1.  Coding 29.6
2.  Reasoning 20.5
3.  Math 10.7
4.  Knowledge 21.1
5.  Multimodal 25.2
6.  Multilingual 37.8
7.  Instruction Following 62.8
8.  Long Context 36.7
9.  Writing & Preference 42.1
10.  020406080

Claude 3 Sonnet category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 29.6 | #302 | 4 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.5 | #237 | 2 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 10.7 | #310 | 3 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 21.1 | #276 | 2 |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 25.2 | #125 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 37.8 | #234 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 62.8 | #235 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 36.7 | #228 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.1 | #238 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Claude 3 Sonnet places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Claude 3 Sonnet: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.5 | −3.1 | #237 of 350, top 68% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.1 | −11.7 | #238 of 312, top 77% |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 36.7 | −4.2 | #228 of 296, top 78% |

### Weakest categories

Claude 3 Sonnet: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 25.2 | −13.3 | #125 of 128, top 98% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 10.7 | −25.9 | #310 of 327, top 95% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 29.6 | −9.1 | #302 of 340, top 89% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Claude 3 Sonnet. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Claude 3 Sonnet
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Claude 3.5 Haiku](https://noometry.com/models/claude-3-5-haiku) | #315 | 29.2 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-5-haiku-vs-claude-3-sonnet) |
| [GPT-4](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4) | #316 | 29.1 | $37.50 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-gpt-4) |
| [Llama 2-7B](https://noometry.com/models/llama-2-7b) | #317 | 29.1 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-llama-2-7b) |
| [Granite 4.0 Micro](https://noometry.com/models/granite-4-0-micro) | #318 | 29.0 | $0.0408 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-granite-4-0-micro) |
| [Qwen2.5 7B Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-7b-instruct) | #320 | 29.0 | $0.31 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen2-5-7b-instruct) |
| [Llama 3.2 3B](https://noometry.com/models/llama-3-2-3b) | #321 | 28.9 | $0.12 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-llama-3-2-3b) |
| [Qwen1.5 4b Chat](https://noometry.com/models/qwen1-5-4b-chat) | #322 | 28.8 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen1-5-4b-chat) |
| [Llama 3-70B](https://noometry.com/models/llama-3-70b) | #323 | 28.8 | — | 104 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-llama-3-70b) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Claude 3 Sonnet Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [WeirdML](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/weirdml) | 10.2% | #113 of 119, top 95% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [BigCodeBench Instruct](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-instruct) | 42.7% | #28 of 64, top 44% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2024-02-29 |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1223 | #233 of 294, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [BigCodeBench Complete](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-complete) | 53.8% | #24 of 66, top 37% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2024-02-29 |
| [HumanEval+](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/humaneval-plus) | 64% | #24 of 45, top 54% | mar 2024 | [EvalPlus](https://evalplus.github.io/leaderboard.html) |  |
| [MBPP+](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mbpp-plus) | 69.3% | #15 of 38, top 40% | mar 2024 | [EvalPlus](https://evalplus.github.io/leaderboard.html) |  |

### Reasoning

Claude 3 Sonnet Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1197 | #238 of 297, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [DTBench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/dtbench) | 53.6% | #127 of 151, top 85% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [Epoch Capabilities Index](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/epoch-capabilities-index) | 120.7 | #166 of 213, top 78% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/eci) | 2024-02-29 |
| [WinoGrande](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/winogrande) | 75.1% | #24 of 43, top 56% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Math

Claude 3 Sonnet Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/otis-mock-aime) | 2.5% | #158 of 173, top 92% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-02-25 |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1213 | #227 of 285, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [MATH Level 5](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/math-level-5) | 18.2% | #64 of 79, top 82% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-01-27 |

### Knowledge

Claude 3 Sonnet Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPQA Diamond](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gpqa-diamond) | 40.6% | #149 of 186, top 81% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2025-01-27 |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1173 | #228 of 273, top 84% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [MMLU](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mmlu) | 75.9% | #31 of 81, top 39% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Multimodal

Claude 3 Sonnet Multimodal benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Vision](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-vision) | 984 | #119 of 122, top 98% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/vision) | 2026-10-09 |

### Multilingual

Claude 3 Sonnet Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1205 | #234 of 297, top 79% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1189 | #236 of 285, top 83% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1229 | #189 of 223, top 85% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1204 | #191 of 231, top 83% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1131 | #180 of 211, top 86% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1128 | #186 of 213, top 88% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1227 | #226 of 283, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1204 | #193 of 226, top 86% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Claude 3 Sonnet Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1199 | #236 of 298, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Claude 3 Sonnet Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1211 | #238 of 291, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Claude 3 Sonnet Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1218 | #238 of 297, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1186 | #238 of 295, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1227 | #227 of 295, top 77% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## Compare Claude 3 Sonnet

-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Granite 4.0 Micro](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-granite-4-0-micro)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen2-5-7b-instruct)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Llama 2-7B](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-llama-2-7b)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Llama 3.2 3B](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-llama-3-2-3b)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-4](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-gpt-4)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen1-5-4b-chat)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-gpt-6-astra)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-gemini-3-8-flash)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-kimi-k3)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-grok-4-6)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-glm-5-3)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-muse-spark-1-3)
-   [Claude 3 Sonnet vs DeepSeek V4 Pro](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-deepseek-v4-pro)

## Other Anthropic models

-   [Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/models/claude-fable-5-1)69.0
-   [Claude Opus 5.5](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-5-5)68.6
-   [Claude Opus 5](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-5)67.8
-   [Claude Fable 5](https://noometry.com/models/claude-fable-5)66.8
-   [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://noometry.com/models/claude-sonnet-5-5)61.9
-   [Claude Opus 4.8](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-4-8)60.7
-   [Claude Opus 4.7](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-4-7)58.3
-   [Claude Opus 4.6](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-4-6)58.2

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Claude 3 Sonnet?

Claude 3 Sonnet by Anthropic ranks 319th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.0. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 125th.

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet open source?

No. Claude 3 Sonnet is proprietary and available only through Anthropic's API and partner platforms.

### What are Claude 3 Sonnet's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Claude 3 Sonnet places best in reasoning, writing & preference, long context and lowest in multimodal, math, coding.

### What is Claude 3 Sonnet best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 125th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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