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Claude 3 Sonnet

Amazon Bedrock token pricing and cost optimization reference for Claude 3 Sonnet.Rates normalized to USD per 1 Million Tokens ($/1M) with prompt caching and batch API discounts across 13 AWS regions.

ProviderAnthropic

Maker HQSan Francisco, California, USA

Class / TierBalanced

ModalityMultimodal

Prompt CachingSave 75%

Batch APISave 50%

AWS Regions13 Global

Bedrock Model IDanthropic.claude-3-sonnet-v1:0

Input / Prompt

$3.00/ 1M tokens

$0.0030 per 1K tokens

Output / Completion

$15.00/ 1M tokens

$0.0150 per 1K tokens

Prompt Cache Read

$0.75/ 1M tokens

Save 75% vs prompt

Batch Inference

$1.50/ 1M in

Save 50% via Batch API

Price Ratio

1 : 5.0

Prompt to completion factor

Regional Reach

13AWS Regions

Compare 13 regions ↓

Alternatives to Claude 3 Sonnet

Option	Price vs Claude 3 Sonnet	Why look at it
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Compare →	input-33%-$1.00/1M output-33%-$5.00/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens	Next step down in price from Anthropic (flagship tier)
Claude Opus 5.5 Compare →	input+33%+$1.00/1M output+33%+$5.00/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens	Next step up in price from Anthropic (flagship tier)
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Compare →	inputsame price outputsame price Standard tier, per 1M tokens	Same Sonnet line, different version
Claude Opus 5 Compare →	input+67%+$2.00/1M output+67%+$10.00/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens	Also from Anthropic (flagship tier)

Claude 3 Sonnet Spend Estimator

Model inference spend by prompt volume, cache hit rate, and batch processing.

Prompt Tokens (Millions / month)

M tokens

Completion Tokens (Millions / month)

M tokens

Prompt Cache Hit Rate(75% discount on cached context)

30%

Batch API Mode50% discount on non-realtime async jobs via S3

Estimated Monthly Spend

$0.00

Fresh Prompts:$0.00

Cached Prompts:$0.00

Completions:$0.00

Active: Input: $3.00/1M · Output: $15.00/1M

Key Cost Levers & Architecture

Practical mechanisms to reduce inference costs with Claude 3 Sonnet on AWS

Prompt CachingSave ~75%

Caches repetitive system instructions, schemas, and document prefixes in memory with 5-minute and extended 1-hour TTL tiers.

Read Rate: $0.75 / 1M tokens
Write Rate (5m TTL): $3.75 / 1M tokens
Ideal for: Multi-turn conversations, RAG document queries, structured schemas

Batch InferenceSave 50%

Asynchronous bulk processing submitted via Amazon S3 with a standard 24-hour turnaround SLA.

Batch Input: $1.50 / 1M tokens
Batch Output: $7.50 / 1M tokens
Ideal for: Offline classification, synthetic data generation, benchmark evals

Cross-Region & Tiers13 Regions

AWS Bedrock supports standard on-demand inference, priority reserved throughput, and cross-region routing.

Standard: Lowest latency, pay-per-token with zero commitments
Cross-Region Routing: Automatically burst traffic to available regional capacity
GovCloud: Dedicated isolated compliance partitions with +20% uplift

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live rates across all 13 available AWS cloud regions

Baseline: $3.00/1M in13 Global Regions

AWS Region	Prompt Input $/1M	Completion Output $/1M	Cache Read $/1M	Batch Input $/1M	Pricing Tier
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
us-west-2 US West (Oregon)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
eu-central-1 Europe (Frankfurt)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
eu-west-1 Europe (Ireland)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
eu-west-2 Europe (London)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
eu-west-3 Europe (Paris)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo)	$3.00	$15.00	—	$1.50	Baseline

Developer Quickstart

Invoke Claude 3 Sonnet via Amazon Bedrock Converse API

Python (boto3) · Amazon Bedrock Runtime

import boto3

# Amazon Bedrock Converse API invocation
client = boto3.client("bedrock-runtime", region_name="us-east-1")

response = client.converse(
    modelId="anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-v1:0",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": [{"text": "Summarize key features and cost levers of Claude 3 Sonnet."}]
        }
    ],
    inferenceConfig={
        "maxTokens": 1024,
        "temperature": 0.7
    }
)

output_text = response["output"]["message"]["content"][0]["text"]
usage = response["usage"]
print(f"Response: {output_text}")
print(f"Usage: {usage['inputTokens']} in, {usage['outputTokens']} out")