Claude Sonnet 5 (Reasoning)

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Claude Sonnet 5 (Reasoning)

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Release Date

Jun 30th, 2026

Context Size

Reasoning

Yes

Benchmark Cost

$19.31

Speed

66.8 tok/s

Subcategories

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	88	87	86	84	78	84%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	89	88	86	85	83	86%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	86	83	81	81	84%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	94	91	87	87	85	89%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	94	86	84	83	82	86%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	91	90	88	85	80	87%
Detailed Writing Rules						85.90%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	81	80	76	76	72	77%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	79	79	74	72	68	74%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	78	76	76	74	65	74%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	78	78	77	74	68	75%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	77	76	74	73	70	74%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	86	84	82	80	74	81%
genre						75.87%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	86	84	81	78	77	81%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	87	86	77	75	72	80%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	83	83	78	78	75	80%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	88	84	82	82	81	83%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	80	79	79	77	76	78%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	85	83	81	80	77	81%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						80.47%
80.75%

Codex Extraction

Evaluates a model's ability to extract structured codex entries (characters, locations, objects, lore) from prose passages and return them as well-formed XML.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Long: The Spire of Echoes (Dense) Tooling Reasoning	98	98	97	96	96	97%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	99	98	97	97	95	97%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	98	98	98	97	94	97%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	100	99	99	98	98	99%
97.51%

Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)

Tests whether models correctly report "no violations" when a codex is fully consistent with the prose passage. Models that hallucinate false violations (false positives) fail. Uses a 2×2 matrix of text length × codex size, with bare and detailed-entry variants.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
basic entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	25	25	17	17	17	17	17	43%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	25	85%
basic entries											82.08%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	25	25	78%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	25	25	25	25	25	17	54%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	25	85%
detailed entries											79.17%
80.63%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) Tooling Reasoning	98	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	96%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	98	94	87	81	81	3	84%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	97	83	98%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	99%
matrix											94.29%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	83	3	87%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	96	96	96	87	87	87	87	87	3	3	73%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	92	92	98%
tiers											89.40%
91.84%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time Reasoning	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50%
Guess the pet Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	85%
What instrument does Lucy play? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the sister? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
94.09%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue Rule Following Utility	70	50	50	50	49	48	43	38	38	22	46%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	7	45%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	91	68	68	68	66	65	64	59	20	18	59%
dialogue-200											49.84%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	50	45	43	41	41	30	26	14	0	34%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	80	50	50	49	47	45	38	28	18	0	40%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	84	68	62	52	47	45	32	30	29	0	45%
dialogue-500											39.77%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
52.69%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Asking for directions (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	94	99%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	58	92%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
98.08%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
99.86%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
outline-count											96.67%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
pov-count											100.00%
98.33%

Relationship tree

Extracts a deterministic XML family and relationship tree from cumulative literary prose.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Core relationship tree Tooling Reasoning Hallucination	98	98	95	93	90	95%
Family relationship tree Tooling Reasoning Hallucination	88	86	85	84	83	85%
90.08%

Text Replacement

Tests deterministic text transformations: renaming characters/locations, expanding contractions, tense rewriting, POV shifts, gender swaps, combined transformations, and word avoidance. Scored by checking each expected change independently.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	Total
Generic Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	98	96	95	95	95	94	94	95%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Generic Prompt								99.21%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Specific Prompt								99.59%
99.40%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections Tooling	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
Simple Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	70%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
90.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	98	98	98	98	92	92	92	77	9	86%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	98	77	54	54	27	27	9	0	55%
sentences											88.06%
words
10 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	98	99%
20 word summary Utility	98	98	98	98	92	77	77	54	54	27	78%
50 word summary Utility	77	54	54	27	9	9	2	2	2	0	23%
100 word summary Utility	77	77	54	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	22%
200 word summary Utility	100	100	98	92	92	54	54	54	0	0	64%
words											57.38%
79.02%