Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Sarvam-105BWhich is better in 2026?

Sarvam-105B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Verdict: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Sarvam-105B — which is better?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (by Anthropic) and Sarvam-105B (by Sarvam AI) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Verified), while Sarvam-105B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU, MMLU-Pro). Sarvam-105B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet if…

  • you want predictable pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output

Choose Sarvam-105B if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Verified), while Sarvam-105B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Sarvam-105B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Sarvam AI
Sarvam-105B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Sarvam-105B does not.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Sarvam-105B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Sarvam-105B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Sarvam-105B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Sarvam-105B was released on 2026-03-06.

Sarvam-105B is 17 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.7 years ago

Sarvam-105B

Mar 6, 2026

4 months ago

1.4yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (49.0% vs 45.0%)
Sarvam AI
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (78.7% vs 67.2%)
Higher MMLU score (90.6% vs 90.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (81.7% vs 77.6%)

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Sarvam-105B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
Sarvam-105B
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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Sarvam AI
Sarvam-105B

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Sarvam-105B.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Sarvam-105B?

Sarvam-105B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Sarvam-105B is made by Sarvam AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Claude 3.5 Sonnet compare to Sarvam-105B in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores GSM8k: 96.4%, DocVQA: 95.2%, AI2D: 94.7%, HumanEval: 93.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 93.1%. Sarvam-105B scores MATH-500: 98.6%, AIME 2025: 96.7%, MMLU: 90.6%, HMMT 2025: 85.8%, HMMT25: 85.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Sarvam-105B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Sarvam-105B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Sarvam-105B?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Sarvam-105B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Sarvam-105B is developed by Sarvam AI.

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