Anthropic

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 Q4

Context 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 Q4

Context 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 Q3

Context 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