Claude 3 Sonnet

Overview

Claude 3 Sonnet is the “workhorse” model in the Claude 3 family. It delivers high-quality reasoning and writing with faster responses than Opus, making it suitable for enterprise chat, summarization, and coding assistance at scale.

Capabilities

• Strong general-purpose reasoning for business tasks
• Vision input support for charts and images
• Long-context handling for extensive documents
• Reliable instruction-following for structured prompts

Strengths

• Balanced speed and quality for production deployment
• Excellent for summarization, drafting, and analysis
• Scales well for enterprise support workflows
• Good choice for multi-turn conversations

Limitations and Considerations

• Less depth than Opus on the hardest reasoning tasks
• Higher cost than Haiku for simple requests
• Tool availability depends on the deployment environment

Best Use Cases

Claude 3 Sonnet is perfect for:

• Enterprise chatbots
• Production AI assistants
• Business process automation
• Customer service applications
• Scaled content generation