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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Command A+

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

65.32/100
Margin
17.8pts
← winning
47.51/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Sonnet 5 #29 (Estimated); Command A+ #135 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Sonnet 5 and Command A+ share 15 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 21 results are unique to Claude Sonnet 5; 6 to Command A+.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
15
Claude Sonnet 5 only
21
Command A+ only
6
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Claude Sonnet 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Command A+ only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Sonnet 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 65.32 to 47.51. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Sonnet 5's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 88.3 against 59.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is CharXiv, 88.3% to 52.7%.

Claude Sonnet 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Command A+.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Sonnet 5 and Command A+
CategoryClaude Sonnet 5ΔCommand A+
MultimodalClaude Sonnet 588.3Margin← 29.0Command A+59.3
AgenticClaude Sonnet 581.9MarginNo overlapCommand A+Not measured
CodingClaude Sonnet 576.7MarginNo overlapCommand A+Not measured
KnowledgeClaude Sonnet 557.4MarginNo overlapCommand A+Not measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Sonnet 5B · Command A+

  1. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 88.3%B 52.7%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 5Δ 35.6
    CharXiv: Claude Sonnet 5 scored 88.3%; Command A+ scored 52.7%. Claude Sonnet 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Sonnet 5$2 input / $10 outputCommand A+$2.5 input / $10 outputClaude Sonnet 5 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Sonnet 5Not availableCommand A+272 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Sonnet 5Not availableCommand A+0.25 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Sonnet 51MCommand A+128KClaude Sonnet 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 80.4%—Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 84.7%—Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 57.4%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 81.2%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1607714Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 46.7%9.2%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 55.4%10.7%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1388—Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 39.2%—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 44.7%—Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 90.1%—Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 28.2%—Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 80.5%—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource —80.7%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource —25%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 85.2%—Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 63.2%—Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78.3%—Not comparable
SWE MultimodalSource 28.1%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 80.4%—Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 42.7%—Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 61.5%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 71.5%27.9%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 53.6%37.8%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
AA-LCRSource 70.7%46.0%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
CritPtSource 16.9%0.3%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
HLESource 57.4%—Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 43.2%—Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.4%22.5%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.1%76.1%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-HLESource 39.6%11.4%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 15.3%-4.0%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.3%8.9%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 37.3%14.1%Command A+ leads
AA Openness IndexSource —38.9%Not comparable
MultimodalClaude Sonnet 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
CharXivSource 88.3%52.7%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 77%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 77.3%63.2%Claude Sonnet 5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1314—Not comparable
MMMUSource —75.1%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource —63%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Command A+Result
AA-IFBenchSource —73.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5 or Command A+?

Claude Sonnet 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 65.32 to 47.51. The biggest single separator in this matchup is CharXiv, where the scores are 88.3% and 52.7%.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Claude Sonnet 5 or Command A+?

Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 59.3. Inside this category, CharXiv is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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