Models / claude-sonnet-5-5
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic's model, with closed weights. Forcebench has run it in 3 configurations on the API board, plus 3 on the lite subset. API is models reached through a hosted service; Local, models served on Forcebench’s own hardware.
On the API board
Models reached through a hosted service. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is ranked by the highest-scoring of its 3 configurations: the joint third-highest score of 26 models, not clearly different from 9 other models. Scores are within 3 attempts (c@3) with 95% intervals; each configuration is compared with the highest-scoring one by whether their 95% intervals overlap. Every configuration on the board → Cost and speed →
- 95% interval
Show the numbers
| Configuration | Rank all configs | Within 3 attempts c@3 · 95% CI | Against the highest by 95% interval overlap | Tokens mean · median · p90 | No answer | Latency median per task, every attempt counted | Cost per task | Cost per solved task |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic · highhighest score | 5 | 93%95% CI 90–96 | — | 1.8k1.2k · 4.1k | 0% | 9.3 s | $0.026 | $0.028 |
| Anthropic · low | 9 | 90%95% CI 86–93 | not clearly different | 1k699 · 2.2k | 0% | 5.9 s | $0.017 | $0.019 |
| Anthropic · medium | 12 | 88%95% CI 85–92 | not clearly different | 1.1k747 · 2.7k | 0% | 6.1 s | $0.019 | $0.021 |
- 95% interval
- API board median
Show the numbers
| Suite | c@3 95% CI | API median | Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex | 100%95% CI 84–100 | 90% | 20 |
| Salesforce APIs | 89%95% CI 67–97 | 72% | 18 |
| CI/CD | 100%95% CI 82–100 | 88% | 17 |
| Salesforce CLI | 100%95% CI 84–100 | 90% | 20 |
| Salesforce docs | 76%95% CI 53–90 | 29% | 17 |
| fflib Enterprise Patterns | 89%95% CI 67–97 | 61% | 18 |
| Flow | 100%95% CI 82–100 | 69% | 18 |
| Governor limits & pushback | 95%95% CI 75–99 | 89% | 19 |
| Lightning Web Components | 100%95% CI 82–100 | 100% | 18 |
| Nonprofit Success Pack | 94%95% CI 74–99 | 81% | 18 |
| Packaging | 83%95% CI 61–94 | 69% | 18 |
| Permissions & access | 93%95% CI 70–99 | 87% | 15 |
| Scratch org definitions | 78%95% CI 55–91 | 50% | 18 |
| SOQL | 100%95% CI 84–100 | 100% | 20 |
| Trigger Actions Framework | 94%95% CI 74–99 | 86% | 18 |
By reasoning effort
The same configuration at several efforts, each against its lowest reasoning effort on the same tasks (a paired 95% interval), and charted against the effort tier and against the output tokens it costs. These scores are pass@1, the first answer alone: a paired comparison needs both efforts' answers to the same tasks, and not every effort has had its retries. Lite-subset sweeps (4 tasks per suite) are never plotted with the full benchmark. The effort study has every model.
| Configuration · effort · full benchmark | pass@1 95% CI | Against the lowest reasoning effort same tasks, paired | Tokens |
|---|---|---|---|
| lowbaseline | 77%95% CI 73–82 | — | 1k |
| medium | 75%95% CI 70–79 | no clear difference (−2 pts, 95% CI −6 pts to +0.8 pts); this data can't rule out a change of up to 6 points | 1.1k |
| high | 82%95% CI 77–86 | clearly higher (+5 pts, 95% CI +0.1 pts to +9 pts) | 1.8k |
Show the numbers
| Model | Effort (tier) | pass@1 | 95% CI | Tasks | No answer | Tokens: mean | median | Latency: median per answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | low | 77% | 73–82 | 272 | 0% | 1k | 699 | 5.6 s |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | medium | 75% | 70–79 | 272 | 0% | 1.1k | 747 | 5.6 s |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | high · vendor default | 82% | 77–86 | 272 | 0% | 1.8k | 1.2k | 9.0 s |
| Configuration · effort · lite subset | pass@1 95% CI | Against the lowest reasoning effort same tasks, paired | Tokens |
|---|---|---|---|
| lowbaseline | 73%95% CI 63–82 | — | 1k |
| medium | 77%95% CI 68–85 | no clear difference (+4 pts, 95% CI −2 pts to +10 pts); this data can't rule out a change of up to 10 points | 1.1k |
| max | 45%95% CI 37–53 | clearly lower (−28 pts, 95% CI −38 pts to −18 pts) | 21k |
Show the numbers
| Model | Effort (tier) | pass@1 | 95% CI | Tasks | No answer | Tokens: mean | median | Latency: median per answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | low | 73% | 63–82 | 60 | 0% | 1k | 753 | 6.1 s |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | medium | 77% | 68–85 | 60 | 0% | 1.1k | 919 | 6.5 s |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | max | 45% | 37–53 | 60 | 48% | 21k | 29k | 201 s |
In the studies
- Reasoning effort: its score against effort and against output tokens.
- Max effort: what its max effort did against the effort below it.
- Local vs API: where it lands among the configurations of both boards.
- Pushback: whether it pushed back on requests that break at scale.
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