Anthropic · 1M context · updated 2026-07-03

How much does 1 million tokens cost on Claude Sonnet 5?

Input · what you send

$2

per 1M tokens

Output · what it writes

$10

per 1M tokens

ℹ️ Introductory pricing — list price is $3 / $15 from Sep 1, 2026.

What does $10 buy on Claude Sonnet 5?

$10 of output

1,000,000 tokens

  • ≈ 750,000 words written
  • ≈ 8.3 novels' worth of text
  • ≈ 100,000 lines of code generated

$10 of input

5,000,000 tokens

  • ≈ 7,496 pages read
  • ≈ 5,000 images analyzed
  • ≈ 416.7 hours of speech transcribed

For context: the cheapest model tracked here is Gemini 3 Flash at $3/1M output tokens, and the most expensive is GPT-5.5 Pro at $180 — a 60× spread.Try your own budget in the calculator →

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Compare with other models

ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1Mvs Claude Sonnet 5 (output)
GPT-5.5 Pro$30$18018× pricier
Claude Fable 5$10$505× pricier
GPT-5.5$5$303× pricier
Claude Opus 4.8$5$252.5× pricier
Gemini 3.1 Pro$2$121.2× pricier
Gemini 3.5 Flash$1.50$91.1× cheaper
Claude Haiku 4.5$1$52× cheaper
Gemini 3 Flash$0.50$33.3× cheaper