Claude Sonnet 5.5

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model and the direct successor to Claude Sonnet 5, sitting between Haiku and Opus as the family's balance of speed and intelligence.

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input · usd / 1m tok

$2.00

output · usd / 1m tok

$10.00

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1mtokens

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pricing

base api ratesusd per 1m tokens

input: $2.00
output: $10.00
cache read: $0.20
cache write · default ttl: $2.50
cache write · 1h ttl: $4.00

providers

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Azure AI Foundry
Anthropic

specifications

takes text and image in, gives text outanthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5

creatorAnthropic
model typeText generation
context window1,000,000 tokens
maximum outputnot published
input
takes text and image in, gives text out
outputtext
tool callingnot verified
releasedsep 28, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions

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# responses API
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["IMPOSSIBL_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.impossibl.com/v1",
)

resp = client.responses.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5",
    input="▌",
)
print(resp.output_text)

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# responses API
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["IMPOSSIBL_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.impossibl.com/v1",
)

resp = client.responses.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5",
    input="▌",
)
print(resp.output_text)

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benchmarks

intelligence index

56.0#2 of 105 models on the gateway

Intelligence Index56.00
legal index (API)56.4
economics index (API)60.8
engineering index (API)58.4
intelligence index (API)56
strategy and ops index (API)59.6
finance and accounting index (API)57.2
healthcare and medical index (API)58.1

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frequently asked questions

What is Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic's Sonnet-tier model and the direct successor to Claude Sonnet 5, sitting between Haiku and Opus as the family's balance of speed and intelligence. It targets well-scoped everyday work such as building features, fixing bugs, and drafting documents and spreadsheets, and it differs from its predecessor in keeping thinking always on, so effort becomes the main lever for trading depth against latency.

How much does Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens through the Impossibl API. Cache reads cost $0.20 per million tokens; cache writes cost $2.50 per million tokens; cache writes with one-hour retention cost $4.00 per million tokens. All rates are in USD.

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What is the context length of Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a 1,000,000-token context window through the Impossibl API.

What inputs and outputs does Claude Sonnet 5.5 support?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts text and image as input. Claude Sonnet 5.5 returns text.

How do I use Claude Sonnet 5.5 through an API?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available through the Impossibl API. Use anthropic/claude-sonnet-5-5 as the model identifier with /v1/chat/completions. The quickstart explains how to create an API key and send your first request.

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When was Claude Sonnet 5.5 released?

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on September 28, 2026.

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