Claude 4
Constitutional AI with exceptional code understanding and safety
Overall Highlight
Constitutional AI with 200K context — best for safety-critical and code-heavy tasks
Overview
Claude 4 represents Anthropic's frontier model line, known for its constitutional AI approach, strong safety guarantees, and exceptional code understanding. The Opus variant targets complex reasoning while Sonnet balances speed and capability. Particularly strong at nuanced analysis, creative writing, and ethical reasoning.
Capabilities
- ▸Constitutional AI with safety alignment
- ▸Exceptional code understanding and generation
- ▸Nuanced ethical reasoning
- ▸Long-document analysis (200K context)
- ▸Creative and literary writing
- ▸Structured output with XML/JSON
Use Cases
- →Code review with security analysis
- →Content moderation and safety
- →Long-document summarization
- →Creative writing assistance
- →Legal and compliance analysis
Version Breakdown
Claude 4 Opus
2025 Q4Context Window
200K tokens
Parameters
Undisclosed
Release
2025 Q4
Highlights
- ▸Highest capability in the Claude 4 family
- ▸Best-in-class for complex reasoning
- ▸Excellent at multi-step agentic tasks
- ▸Strong safety alignment with constitutional AI
Benchmarks
MMLU
89.2
HumanEval
92.5
GSM8K
95.8
MATH
76.4
Claude 4 Sonnet
2025 Q4Context Window
200K tokens
Parameters
Undisclosed
Release
2025 Q4
Highlights
- ▸Balanced speed and capability
- ▸2x faster than Opus at 90% of quality
- ▸Excellent for production workloads
- ▸Strong tool use and function calling
Benchmarks
MMLU
86.8
HumanEval
89.3
GSM8K
93.5
MATH
71.2
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
2024 Q3Context Window
200K tokens
Parameters
Undisclosed
Release
2024 Q3
Highlights
- ▸Previous generation — still widely used
- ▸Excellent cost efficiency
- ▸Strong coding and analysis capabilities
- ▸Mature API with broad ecosystem support
Benchmarks
MMLU
82.5
HumanEval
86.1
GSM8K
90.0
MATH
65.3