# Apodex 1.1 vs Claude Sonnet 5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Apodex 1.1 and Claude Sonnet 5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-claude-sonnet-5
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Sonnet 5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 5 has the higher overall point estimate 65.92 to 50.74. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 45.5 for Apodex 1.1 and 64.8 for Claude Sonnet 5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 70.8% and 80.4%.
- Apodex 1.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Sonnet 5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Apodex | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 1M |
| Overall Score | 50.74 | 65.92 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $2.00 / $10.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 45.5 (Estimated · #52/123)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.8 (Supported · #16/123)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 80.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| HLE w/ tools | 56.1% | 57.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| APEX-Agents | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 16% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 42.4 (Estimated · #59/146)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 58.3 (Supported · #24/146)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 80.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.7% | 85.2% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | Coming soon | 28.1% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 61.5% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 34.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 82 (#15/54)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 88.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 5
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #55/177)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 65.6 (Supported · #29/177)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 56.1% | 57.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| FrontierScience Research | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 35.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 31.0% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMO 2026 | 31/42 | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Apodex 1.1 or Claude Sonnet 5?

Claude Sonnet 5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Apodex 1.1 and Claude Sonnet 5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 45.5 for Apodex 1.1 and 64.8 for Claude Sonnet 5.

### How many benchmarks does Apodex 1.1 cover on BenchLM?

Apodex 1.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 5 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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