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Claude Sonnet 5.5

ECI#6
166
Anthropic
Sep. 28, 2026
Closed weights

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a closed-weights model from Anthropic, released September 28, 2026. It has an ECI score of 166 and ranks 6th of 253 tracked models. At the time of its release, it ranked 4th of 247 tracked models.

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Closed weights
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Closed weights
ECI scoreBest score 169
166169169158
Ranking#6#1 – Best#2#18
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