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Alex Finn Says Anthropic's Sonnet 5.5 Is a Major Leap in Affordability
Alex Finn, who had early access, says Claude Sonnet 5.5 is hard to distinguish from Opus 5.5 while costing a fraction as much. He calls the speed and intelligence gains among the biggest AI leaps he has seen and recommends it for routine tasks.
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This is bigger news than it appears
I’ve had early access to Sonnet 5.5 for a bit now and honestly at first I couldn’t tell the difference between this and Opus 5.5
It’s a fraction of the price of Opus, which already felt like you got an absurd amounts of usage out of for cheap
It’s clear Anthropic has had some sort of breakthrough the last month
The jump in intelligence, speed, and affordability of all their 5.5 models is maybe the biggest leap we’ve ever seen in AI
You need to be using this model for all your standard, fastball down the center work
With its speed and intelligence you’ll be shocked at how fast you get tasks done
I’ve had early access to Sonnet 5.5 for a bit now and honestly at first I couldn’t tell the difference between this and Opus 5.5
It’s a fraction of the price of Opus, which already felt like you got an absurd amounts of usage out of for cheap
It’s clear Anthropic has had some sort of breakthrough the last month
The jump in intelligence, speed, and affordability of all their 5.5 models is maybe the biggest leap we’ve ever seen in AI
You need to be using this model for all your standard, fastball down the center work
With its speed and intelligence you’ll be shocked at how fast you get tasks done
Claude @claudeaiIntroducing Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in the Claude 5.5 family.
It’s a clear upgrade over Sonnet 5, runs more than 30% faster, and costs up to 30% less for most work.
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