Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Doubao 1.5 Pro Max: which model should you choose?
We compared Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a multimodal model from Anthropic. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $14.91 per million input tokens and $74.27 per million output tokens, and averages 81.6 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.91 / 1M
- Output
- $74.27 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 81.6
- Open weights
- No
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.93 per million input tokens and $73.69 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.93 / 1M
- Output
- $73.69 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.91 | $14.93 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $74.27 | $73.69 | B |
| Context window | 200,000 | 400,000 | B |
| Max output | 128,000 | 4,096 | A |
| Average score | 81.6 | 81.2 | A |
| Arena Elo | 1451.9 | 1447.5 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins 7, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 5, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5 | 81.1 | 2.4 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| GPQA Diamond | 80.2 | 76.1 | 4.1 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.1 | 70.7 | 0.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| HumanEval | 85.7 | 84.0 | 1.7 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| MATH-500 | 88.9 | 85.3 | 3.6 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| AIME 2025 | 81.2 | 80.4 | 0.8 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| LiveCodeBench | 75.0 | 73.5 | 1.5 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
| IFEval | 88.5 | 90.2 | 1.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| TruthfulQA | 81.7 | 84.4 | 2.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| HellaSwag | 87.6 | 87.8 | 0.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| MMMU | 75.5 | 79.3 | 3.8 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| Arena Elo | 1451.9 | 1447.5 | 4.4 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs about $29.75 per million tokens and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max costs about $29.62. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is roughly 0% cheaper than Claude 3.7 Sonnet. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens, compared with 200,000 for Claude 3.7 Sonnet. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins 7, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 5, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.4 points (81.6 versus 81.2).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. The context picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Claude 3.7 Sonnet for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Claude 3.7 Sonnet if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- You need the larger 128,000-token output limit.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Max if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 400,000-token context window.
FAQ
Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet better than Doubao 1.5 Pro Max?
On the index average, Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.4 points (81.6 versus 81.2). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins 7 benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 5.
Which is cheaper, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Doubao 1.5 Pro Max?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $29.62 per million tokens, versus $29.75 for Claude 3.7 Sonnet.
Which has the larger context window?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has 200,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is proprietary; Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Claude 3.7 Sonnet for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.