Claude Sonnet 5 (High)
AnthropicProprietary
Claude Sonnet 5 (High) is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 41 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1273±7 from 14,034 votes. Its best category is Homework (#29 of 118). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #41 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Homework (#29 of 118).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT | +5 |
| 39 |  Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 | +3 |
| 40 |  Dola Seed 2.0 Pro ByteDance | 1274 | 10,972 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 41 | Claude Sonnet 5 (High) Anthropic | 1273 | 14,034 | Proprietary | |
| 42 |  Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 43 |  GPT-5.6 Terra (xHigh) OpenAI | 1271 | 11,842 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 | -4 |
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 5 (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 41 (1273); OCR rank 38 (1288); Diagrams rank 39 (1293); Homework rank 29 (1311); Creative writing rank 57 (1246); Humor rank 46 (1261); English rank 42 (1275); Chinese rank 33 (1331) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude Sonnet 5 (High) at OCR?
Claude Sonnet 5 (High) ranks 38 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1288 (9,827 votes).
Is Claude Sonnet 5 (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #33 of 128 (1331); English board: #42 of 167 (1275). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Claude Sonnet 5 (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude Sonnet 5 (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Claude Sonnet 5 (High) has 1273, 52 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 –.