LLM Reference

Claude 2

Released
2023-07-11
Last refreshed
2026-05-11
Status
Researched 46d ago
DeprecatedClassificationJSON / Tool use

Claude 2 is a legacy integration reference; keep it only while you identify a current replacement.

Use it for

  • Teams maintaining an existing integration
  • Workloads that can use a 100k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • New production launches
  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
Claude 2
Released
2023-07-11
Context
100k
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2023-01
Specialization
general
Training
finetuned
Created by

Developing safe and ethical AI systems.

San Francisco, California, United States
Founded 2021
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$24.00
Input / 1M
$8.00

Cheapest of 2 routes · AWS Bedrock

About

Claude 2, crafted by Anthropic, represents a leap forward in large language model technology, striving to be helpful, harmless, and honest. It's recognized for its improved performance, longer responses, and a remarkable 100,000-token context window, allowing it to handle extensive text inputs with ease. Excelling in coding, math, and reasoning tasks, Claude 2 performs exceptionally on standardized tests like the Bar exam and GRE. Despite its achievements, it faces challenges such as generating inaccurate information ("hallucinations") and simulating emotional responses rather than possessing true empathy. The model's knowledge extends up to early 2023, so it might miss the latest updates. While not immune to "jailbreaks," it aims to enhance AI safety significantly 135.

Claude 2 is a model. The structured metadata tracks a 100k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through AWS Bedrock and Anthropic, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $8 input and $24 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Claude 2 yet.

Top use-case fit

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

JSON / Tool use

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare all 2

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
AWS Bedrock$8.00$24.00
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Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor Classification

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.