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Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design. Users preferred Sonnet 4.6 over Sonnet 4.5 approximately 70% of the time. First Sonnet-class model with 1M token context window (beta) and context compaction. Major improvement in computer use skills compared to prior Sonnet models. Default model on Free and Pro plans. Pricing: $3/$15 per million tokens (input/output).

Updated Aug 10, 2026. Default version: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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LLMBoard scoreN/ANot scored
CoverageN/ANo published score
Context window1MTokens
Official input price$3Anthropic API

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Model specification

Structured fields from the published default version.

Version
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Released
Feb 17, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
Aug 31, 2025
Parameters
N/A
Context window
1M
Max output
64K
Inputs
audio, image, pdf, text, video
Outputs
text
Open weights
No
License
Proprietary

Capability profile

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No capability profile

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Benchmark results

Published benchmark records for the scored version currently unavailable.

No benchmark rows

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Arena results

Preference and agent-evaluation signals from published Arena datasets.

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documentoverall81482.854,427N/AJul 30, 2026
textcoding101503.017,610N/AAug 6, 2026
texthard prompts english111492.219,691N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityjapanese111459.3472N/AAug 6, 2026
textinstruction following121476.920,756N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlcoding121527.617,610N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlenglish121282.310,841N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlhard prompts english131506.219,691N/AAug 6, 2026
webdevimage to webdev131529.76,340N/AAug 4, 2026
document style controloverall141477.554,427N/AJul 30, 2026
text factualitycoding141527.916,064N/AAug 6, 2026
visionenglish141296.910,841N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityhard prompts english151505.518,199N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry life and physical and social science151499.910,229N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlinstruction following151476.720,756N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controllonger query151493.326,586N/AAug 6, 2026
textexpert171500.06,136N/AAug 6, 2026
textlonger query171480.026,586N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityinstruction following171476.719,305N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry software and it services171513.724,846N/AAug 6, 2026
texthard prompts181484.240,982N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry business and management and financial operations181464.112,584N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityexpert181506.34,893N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlhard prompts181503.340,982N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry software and it services191490.524,846N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlenglish191483.329,480N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry business and management and financial operations191482.412,584N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityspanish201454.01,424N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry medicine and healthcare201492.84,755N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityfrench211486.11,531N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry mathematical211471.82,582N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlexpert211506.66,136N/AAug 6, 2026
visionhomework211309.83,491N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlcreative writing vision211266.71,390N/AAug 6, 2026
textspanish221463.91,913N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlkorean221437.11,026N/AAug 6, 2026
visiondiagram221304.96,901N/AAug 6, 2026
textenglish231472.329,480N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry software and it services231505.924,101N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitypolish231431.1797N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controldiagram231305.76,901N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlhomework231301.13,491N/AAug 6, 2026
webdevoverall231522.318,073N/AAug 6, 2026
webdevwebdev231522.318,073N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry mathematical241480.73,437N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityenglish241476.429,276N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry business and management and financial operations241471.510,622N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitykorean241395.1504N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitymath241458.72,482N/AAug 6, 2026
visionocr241295.618,190N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlocr241290.718,190N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitylonger query251484.825,103N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry legal and government251484.25,049N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlspanish251467.81,913N/AAug 6, 2026
visionoverall251282.224,997N/AAug 6, 2026
webdevwebdev-react251512.714,778N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityhard prompts261491.940,801N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry entertainment and sports and media261441.512,364N/AAug 6, 2026
visioncreative writing vision261271.11,390N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controloverall261275.324,997N/AAug 6, 2026
webdevwebdev-html261527.12,302N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlcreative writing271450.110,626N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry entertainment and sports and media271446.013,778N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlpolish271474.61,294N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry legal and government281480.83,915N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry life and physical and social science291474.110,229N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlchinese291302.01,340N/AAug 6, 2026
textoverall301457.463,453N/AAug 6, 2026
textexclude ties301457.747,964N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry legal and government301469.25,049N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controloverall301472.063,453N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlexclude ties301481.647,964N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry writing and literature and language301456.515,382N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry life and physical and social science311486.28,504N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controljapanese311442.9661N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlmulti turn311480.311,469N/AAug 6, 2026
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text factualitycreative writing321443.88,838N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry writing and literature and language321449.913,772N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry mathematical321483.23,437N/AAug 6, 2026
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textindustry entertainment and sports and media341431.213,778N/AAug 6, 2026
textmulti turn341462.311,469N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityexclude ties341464.047,737N/AAug 6, 2026
textjapanese351423.3661N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlchinese351508.23,330N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlhumor351239.0898N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry writing and literature and language361444.815,382N/AAug 6, 2026
textkorean361414.51,026N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitygerman361385.3500N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlnon english361456.533,971N/AAug 6, 2026
visionchinese361306.61,340N/AAug 6, 2026
textmath381462.13,439N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityindustry medicine and healthcare381482.23,738N/AAug 6, 2026
textcreative writing391436.410,626N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitychinese391494.12,600N/AAug 6, 2026
visionhumor391244.4898N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlentity recognition391159.2136N/AAug 6, 2026
visionentity recognition401182.9136N/AAug 6, 2026
textnon english411439.233,971N/AAug 6, 2026

Pricing

Official vendor API PAYG pricing is summarized first. The table then lists individual provider offerings without treating their minimum as the official price.

Official API
$3 input, $15 output per 1M
Official provider
Anthropic
Lowest third-party
From $0.90 input, $5.55 output per 1M via Xpersona
Tracked offerings
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Xpersonaclaude-sonnet-4-6global$0.90$5.55200KAug 7, 2026
DaoXEclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
LLM Gatewayclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
OpenCode Zenclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
302.AIclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Neonclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
FrogBotclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$15200KAug 7, 2026
Pioneerclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Abacusclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Aurikoclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Azureclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
AIHubMixclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
routing.runclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
FreeModelclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Requestyclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Modelisclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Anthropicclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3$151MAug 7, 2026
Venice AIclaude-sonnet-4-6global$3.6$181MAug 7, 2026

Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 versions

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Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 17, 2026N/AN/A1M64KNoProprietary

What is Claude Sonnet 4.6?

A concise description based on the published model registry.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design. Users preferred Sonnet 4.6 over Sonnet 4.5 approximately 70% of the time. First Sonnet-class model with 1M token context window (beta) and context compaction. Major improvement in computer use skills compared to prior Sonnet models. Default model on Free and Pro plans. Pricing: $3/$15 per million tokens (input/output).

Use the benchmark, Arena and pricing sections above as separate evidence. A missing field means the current data snapshot does not support that claim.

Data snapshot: 2026-08-07. Editorial model content is not available in the backend.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4.6.

When was Claude Sonnet 4.6 released?

Claude Sonnet 4.6's default version was released on Feb 17, 2026.

How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost?

Claude Sonnet 4.6's official API price is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens via Anthropic. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.90 input and $5.55 output via Xpersona.

Who created Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is published under Anthropic in the model registry.

What is the context window for Claude Sonnet 4.6?

The default version has a 1M token context window.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 open weight?

No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.

How many API providers offer Claude Sonnet 4.6?

19 published provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 with?

No nearby ranked alternatives are currently available.

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