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Compare Claude 4.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Opus. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.
Model Comparison
| Feature | Claude 4.5 Sonnet | Claude 3 Opus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Model Type | text | text |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Input Cost | $3.00/ 1M tokens | $15.00/ 1M tokens |
| Output Cost | $15.00/ 1M tokens | $75.00/ 1M tokens |
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Claude 4.5 Sonnet
Anthropic1. Best-in-class coding performance
- #1 on SWE-bench Verified (77.2% standard, 82.0% high-compute).
- Excels at debugging, architecture, and multi-file code generation.
- Maintains coherence for extremely long tasks (30+ hours).
2. State-of-the-art computer use & agents
- Leads OSWorld at 61.4%.
- Strongest model for agentic workflows, multi-step tool use, and real computer control.
- Powering Claude Code, the new Claude Agent SDK, and Chrome agent actions.
3. Advanced reasoning & math
- Large improvements across reasoning-heavy benchmarks (AIME, MMMLU, τ2-bench, Terminal-Bench).
- Deep multi-step reasoning with extended or interleaved thinking.
4. High alignment & safety
- Most aligned Claude model to date with reduced deception, hallucinations, sycophancy, and harmful compliance.
- Strong protections against prompt injection for agentic tasks (ASL-3 safeguards).
5. Domain-expert performance
- Notable gains in finance, law, medicine, and STEM tasks.
- Trusted by early customers for long-context legal analysis, multi-file engineering, security research, and red-teaming.
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic1. Intelligence & Reasoning
- Highest capability in the Claude 3 family
- Near-human comprehension and fluency
- Excels at MMLU, GPQA, GSM8K, advanced reasoning tasks
2. Complex Problem Solving
- Best for research, strategy, multi-step planning
- Handles ambiguous, open-ended tasks with ease
3. Vision & Multimodal Capabilities
- Strong chart/graph understanding
- Processes documents, technical diagrams, and dense visual data
4. Recall & Long-Context Reasoning
- Near-perfect recall (>99% on NIAH benchmark)
- Handles very large documents and multi-file workflows
5. Enterprise-Grade Accuracy
- Significantly reduced hallucinations
- High correctness rate for factual queries
Prompts to Get Started
Use these prompts to power AI products you build on Appaca. Each works great with the models above.
Best for Claude 4.5 Sonnet
textSavings Challenge Plan
Design a customised savings challenge to reach a specific financial goal.
Forum Insider: Emotional Pain Points + Empathy Statements
Analyze forum threads and social comments to uncover urgent problems, voice-of-customer language, and empathy statements for marketing copy.
Meeting Summary Email
Write a clear post-meeting summary email with decisions and action items.
Best for Claude 3 Opus
textStore Reopening Announcement
Announce a store reopening or relaunch with a compelling email and social post. Re-engages past customers and builds buzz.
Quick Text Apology
Write a brief, genuine apology text message. Clear, sincere, and appropriately sized for the medium.
Order Confirmation Email
Write a clear, brand-consistent order confirmation email that reassures customers and sets delivery expectations.