Model
59d agoClaude Sonnet 5 Outperforms Opus in Knowledge Work
A score of 1,618 on the GDPval-AA v2 test puts Claude Sonnet 5 ahead of the larger Opus 4.8. Anthropic designed the model to beat its predecessor across all benchmarks. It intentionally scores low on cybersecurity tasks to avoid government blocks.
The Signal
This provides a cheaper, high-performance alternative for knowledge-heavy workflows.