Claude 3 Sonnet
retiredAnthropic · Mid
Claude 3 mid-tier — established the $3/$15 price point that Sonnet has maintained across every subsequent generation.
Input / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
200K
Where it sits
950% above the mid median
blended $/Mtok across 262 mid models
Output costs 5× input
$3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M
Held flat since launch (Mar 2024)
no blended price change recorded
Computed live from current prices and this model's history — not hand-written, so it stays accurate as prices move.
Price history
Only one price on record so far — the history chart appears once a price changes.
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2024 | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | anthropic.com/pricing |