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Key Features
Ideal balance of intelligence and speed
2x faster than Claude 2 and 2.1 for most workloads
200K token context window
Vision capabilities
Strong for RAG, knowledge retrieval, sales automation
Common Use Cases
Data processing
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Sales forecasting and product recommendations
Targeted marketing content generation
Code generation
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Claude 3 Sonnet balance performance and cost?
Claude 3 Sonnet offers an excellent compromise between the high-end capabilities of Opus and the cost-efficiency of Haiku. It delivers approximately 90% of Opus's quality at about 20% of the cost. Sonnet performs particularly well at: 1) General knowledge tasks and Q&A, 2) Content creation and summarization, 3) Step-by-step reasoning, 4) Code generation and explanation, 5) Data analysis. With the same 200K token context as Opus, Sonnet can handle long documents but processes them faster (35 tokens/sec vs. 25 tokens/sec for Opus), making it an excellent choice for most enterprise applications.