Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514)
AnthropicProprietary
Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 108 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1175±14 from 1,806 votes. Its best category is Homework (#93 of 118). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor, Chinese.
Who it suits
- Overall #108 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Homework (#93 of 118).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 |  Hunyuan Vision 1.5 Thinking Tencent | 1180 | 2,424 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 106 | SStep-3 StepFun | 1176 | 3,193 | Apache 2.0 | +1 |
| 107 | Claude Opus 4 (20250514) Anthropic | 1176 | 2,172 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 108 | Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) Anthropic | 1175 | 1,806 | Proprietary | |
| 109 |  Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary | -3 |
| 110 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Thinking 32K, 20250219) Anthropic | 1169 | 1,436 | Proprietary | -6 |
| 111 |  o1 (2024-12-17) OpenAI | 1168 | 3,694 | Proprietary | -7 |
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 Sonnet 4 (20250514) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 108 (1175); OCR rank 107 (1173); Diagrams rank 105 (1178); Homework rank 93 (1215); English rank 120 (1158) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) at OCR?
Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) ranks 107 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1173 (1,108 votes).
Is Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) has 1175, 150 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 –.