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Benchmark suiteUpdated May 27, 2026

Anthropic benchmarks.

A lab-level profile for Anthropic, covering tracked models, category leaders, open/proprietary mix, speed, value, source coverage, and portfolio depth.

All labs

Lab rank

#1

By available Arena average

Models tracked

27

0 open-weight models

Portfolio coverage

35%

Average matched benchmark signals

Fastest model

1.14s

Claude Sonnet 4.6

OverviewFull public trackerValuePerformance for the moneyCodingCode and SWE-bench signalsAgentsTool and workflow readinessReasoningKnowledge and reasoning signalsContextDocument and retrieval signalsLabsProvider comparisons

Lab profile

Portfolio shape, leaders, and model coverage.

The lab page now starts with the portfolio read, then drills into category leaders, value rankings, and model-level coverage rather than repeating source panels.

Portfolio read

Anthropic has 27 tracked benchmark profiles.

Lab #1

The portfolio combines 27 proprietary models and 0 open-weight models. Its average available Arena rank is 29.7, with a best category rank of #1. Average profile coverage is 35%, so model-level gaps remain visible in the cards below.

Best Arena model

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

Best category rank #1

Highest coverage

Claude Opus 4.6

78% matched signals

Fastest response

Claude Sonnet 4.6

1.14s first token

Access mix

Open versus proprietary

Proprietary

27 / 100%

Open weights

0 / 0%

Value leader

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

Category leaders

Best model by benchmark lens.

Each card shows the highest-ranked model from this lab in a composite benchmark suite, with the global rank and index left intact.

Value

Quality, price, latency, and speed

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

#279

value index

Coding

Code Arena, SWE-bench, and output speed

Claude Opus 4.7 Thinking

#1100

coding index

Agents

Search, document, code, and latency

Claude Opus 4.7 Thinking

#1100

agent proxy

Reasoning

Text, document, vision, and mode signals

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

#199

reasoning proxy

Context

Document, search, and text proxy

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

#1100

context proxy

Anthropic value ranking table

Models from this lab with both quality and commercial price matches.

Top 12 of 12

RankModelIndexPriceLatencySpeedQualitySources
#2
Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

claude-opus-4-6-thinking

AnthropicProprietary
79value index
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
11.2stime to first token
48 tok/soutput speed
98quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#4
Claude Opus 4.7

claude-opus-4-7

AnthropicProprietary
79value index
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
1.14stime to first token
42 tok/soutput speed
96quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#6
Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

AnthropicProprietary
78value index
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
1.46stime to first token
43 tok/soutput speed
95quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#10
Claude Sonnet 4.6

claude-sonnet-4-6

AnthropicProprietary
74value index
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
1.14stime to first token
47 tok/soutput speed
80quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#32
Claude Opus 4.5 20251101

claude-opus-4-5-20251101

AnthropicProprietary
65value index
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
12.0stime to first token
54 tok/soutput speed
71quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#38
Claude Haiku 4.5 20251001

claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

AnthropicProprietary
62value index
$2.19blended / 1M tokens
11.4stime to first token
133 tok/soutput speed
49quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#45
Claude Sonnet 4.5 20250929

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

AnthropicProprietary
61value index
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
1.38stime to first token
43 tok/soutput speed
55quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#55
Claude Sonnet 4 20250514

claude-sonnet-4-20250514

AnthropicProprietary
57value index
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
9.60stime to first token
46 tok/soutput speed
47quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#71
Claude 3.5 Sonnet 20241022

claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022

AnthropicProprietary
50value index
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
Not listedtime to first token
Not listedoutput speed
34quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#75
Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022

claude-3-5-haiku-20241022

AnthropicProprietary
45value index
$1.75blended / 1M tokens
Not listedtime to first token
Not listedoutput speed
19quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#86
Claude Opus 4.1 20250805

claude-opus-4-1-20250805

AnthropicProprietary
35value index
$32.81blended / 1M tokens
9.84stime to first token
34 tok/soutput speed
50quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#87
Claude Opus 4 20250514

claude-opus-4-20250514

AnthropicProprietary
21value index
$32.81blended / 1M tokens
7.55stime to first token
37 tok/soutput speed
22quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#2
Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

claude-opus-4-6-thinking

AnthropicProprietary
79value index
Price
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
Latency
11.2stime to first token
Speed
48 tok/soutput speed
Quality
98quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#4
Claude Opus 4.7

claude-opus-4-7

AnthropicProprietary
79value index
Price
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
Latency
1.14stime to first token
Speed
42 tok/soutput speed
Quality
96quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#6
Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

AnthropicProprietary
78value index
Price
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
Latency
1.46stime to first token
Speed
43 tok/soutput speed
Quality
95quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#10
Claude Sonnet 4.6

claude-sonnet-4-6

AnthropicProprietary
74value index
Price
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
Latency
1.14stime to first token
Speed
47 tok/soutput speed
Quality
80quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#32
Claude Opus 4.5 20251101

claude-opus-4-5-20251101

AnthropicProprietary
65value index
Price
$10.94blended / 1M tokens
Latency
12.0stime to first token
Speed
54 tok/soutput speed
Quality
71quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#38
Claude Haiku 4.5 20251001

claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

AnthropicProprietary
62value index
Price
$2.19blended / 1M tokens
Latency
11.4stime to first token
Speed
133 tok/soutput speed
Quality
49quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#45
Claude Sonnet 4.5 20250929

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

AnthropicProprietary
61value index
Price
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
Latency
1.38stime to first token
Speed
43 tok/soutput speed
Quality
55quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#55
Claude Sonnet 4 20250514

claude-sonnet-4-20250514

AnthropicProprietary
57value index
Price
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
Latency
9.60stime to first token
Speed
46 tok/soutput speed
Quality
47quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#71
Claude 3.5 Sonnet 20241022

claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022

AnthropicProprietary
50value index
Price
$6.56blended / 1M tokens
Latency
Not listedtime to first token
Speed
Not listedoutput speed
Quality
34quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#75
Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022

claude-3-5-haiku-20241022

AnthropicProprietary
45value index
Price
$1.75blended / 1M tokens
Latency
Not listedtime to first token
Speed
Not listedoutput speed
Quality
19quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#86
Claude Opus 4.1 20250805

claude-opus-4-1-20250805

AnthropicProprietary
35value index
Price
$32.81blended / 1M tokens
Latency
9.84stime to first token
Speed
34 tok/soutput speed
Quality
50quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis
#87
Claude Opus 4 20250514

claude-opus-4-20250514

AnthropicProprietary
21value index
Price
$32.81blended / 1M tokens
Latency
7.55stime to first token
Speed
37 tok/soutput speed
Quality
22quality signal
ArenaArtificial Analysis

Model portfolio

Anthropic model coverage map.

Every tracked model keeps its best Arena rank, coverage score, commercial metrics, and suite placement visible in one scannable grid.

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinking

claude-opus-4-6-thinking

Proprietary

Coverage

67%

Best Arena

#1

Text

Value

#2

value index

Coding

#10

coding index

Latency

11.2s

48 tok/s

$10.94

Claude Opus 4.7 Thinking

claude-opus-4-7-thinking

Proprietary

Coverage

33%

Best Arena

#1

Code

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

#1

coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.7

claude-opus-4-7

Proprietary

Coverage

78%

Best Arena

#2

Code

Value

#4

value index

Coding

#8

coding index

Latency

1.14s

42 tok/s

$10.94

Claude Opus 4.6 Search

claude-opus-4-6-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#2

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

Proprietary

Coverage

78%

Best Arena

#3

Text

Value

#6

value index

Coding

#5

coding index

Latency

1.46s

43 tok/s

$10.94SWE #4

Claude Sonnet 4.6

claude-sonnet-4-6

Proprietary

Coverage

67%

Best Arena

#7

Code

Value

#10

value index

Coding

#14

coding index

Latency

1.14s

47 tok/s

$6.56

Claude Opus 4.5 20251101 Thinking 32K

claude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinking-32k

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#12

Code

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

#6

coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Search

claude-sonnet-4-6-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#12

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.5 Search

claude-opus-4-5-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#14

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.5 20251101

claude-opus-4-5-20251101

Proprietary

Coverage

67%

Best Arena

#16

Code

Value

#32

value index

Coding

#9

coding index

Latency

12.0s

54 tok/s

$10.94SWE #1

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Search

claude-sonnet-4-5-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#18

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.1 Search

claude-opus-4-1-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#19

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4 Search

claude-opus-4-search

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#22

Search

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Sonnet 4.5 20250929

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

Proprietary

Coverage

67%

Best Arena

#35

Text

Value

#45

value index

Coding

#24

coding index

Latency

1.38s

43 tok/s

$6.56SWE #12

Claude Sonnet 4.5 20250929 Thinking 32K

claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-thinking-32k

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#36

Text

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

#35

coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.1 20250805 Thinking 16K

claude-opus-4-1-20250805-thinking-16k

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#43

Text

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4.1 20250805

claude-opus-4-1-20250805

Proprietary

Coverage

56%

Best Arena

#44

Code

Value

#86

value index

Coding

#51

coding index

Latency

9.84s

34 tok/s

$32.81

Claude Sonnet 4 20250514 Thinking 32K

claude-sonnet-4-20250514-thinking-32k

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#50

Vision

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Opus 4 20250514 Thinking 16K

claude-opus-4-20250514-thinking-16k

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#51

Vision

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude 3.7 Sonnet 20250219 Thinking 32K

claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-thinking-32k

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#55

Vision

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude Sonnet 4 20250514

claude-sonnet-4-20250514

Proprietary

Coverage

56%

Best Arena

#59

Vision

Value

#55

value index

Coding

#39

coding index

Latency

9.60s

46 tok/s

$6.56SWE #23

Claude Opus 4 20250514

claude-opus-4-20250514

Proprietary

Coverage

67%

Best Arena

#60

Vision

Value

#87

value index

Coding

#28

coding index

Latency

7.55s

37 tok/s

$32.81SWE #18

Claude Haiku 4.5 20251001

claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Proprietary

Coverage

56%

Best Arena

#61

Code

Value

#38

value index

Coding

#44

coding index

Latency

11.4s

133 tok/s

$2.19SWE #19

Claude 3.7 Sonnet 20250219

claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#66

Vision

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

#56

coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listedSWE #36

Claude 3.5 Sonnet 20241022

claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#72

Vision

Value

#71

value index

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

$6.56

Claude 3.5 Sonnet 20240620

claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620

Proprietary

Coverage

11%

Best Arena

#81

Vision

Value

Not listed

No price match

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022

claude-3-5-haiku-20241022

Proprietary

Coverage

22%

Best Arena

#88

Vision

Value

#75

value index

Coding

Not listed

No coding index

Latency

Not listed

Not listed

$1.75