Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022)
AnthropicProprietary
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 126 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1126±8 from 10,374 votes. Its best category is Diagrams (#117 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor.
Who it suits
- Overall #126 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Diagrams (#117 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 |  Gemini 1.5 Flash (002) Google | 1141 | 7,241 | Proprietary | +15 |
| 124 |  GPT-4o (2024-05-13) OpenAI | 1137 | 23,273 | Proprietary | +11 |
| 125 |  Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct (2503) Mistral | 1136 | 28,490 | Apache 2.0 | +10 |
| 126 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) Anthropic | 1126 | 10,374 | Proprietary | |
| 127 | SStep-1o Vision 32K (High Res) StepFun | 1122 | 2,833 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 128 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20240620) Anthropic | 1120 | 21,624 | Proprietary | -6 |
| 129 |  Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct Meta | 1118 | 6,446 | Llama | -8 |
Alternatives · More from Anthropic
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 (High) Anthropic | 1325 | 14,714 | Proprietary |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) Anthropic | 1321 | 3,035 | Proprietary |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (High) Anthropic | 1320 | 17,743 | Proprietary |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 126 (1126); OCR rank 118 (1139); Diagrams rank 117 (1134); Homework rank 116 (1136); English rank 128 (1124); Chinese rank 104 (1119) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) at OCR?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) ranks 118 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1139 (943 votes).
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #104 of 128 (1119); English board: #128 of 167 (1124). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Claude 3.5 Sonnet (20241022) has 1126, 199 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.