Anthropic model product
Claude Sonnet 4.6
6 is a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Claude Sonnet 4.6
LLMBoard Score72.6Claude Sonnet 4.6
Coverage60%17 benchmark families
Context window1MTokens
Official input price$3Anthropic API
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkFinance Agent | Score63.3% | Rank02 | Participants8 | Percentile85.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Retail | Score91.7% | Rank02 | Participants26 | Percentile96.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOSWorld | Score72.5% | Rank04 | Participants20 | Percentile84.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLegal Agent Benchmark | Score5.4% | Rank05 | Participants13 | Percentile66.7% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkARC-AGI v2 | Score58.3% | Rank06 | Participants17 | Percentile68.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkFinance Agent v2 | Score51.0% | Rank07 | Participants26 | Percentile76.0% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Telecom | Score97.9% | Rank07 | Participants35 | Percentile82.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMLU | Score89.3% | Rank12 | Participants49 | Percentile77.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveBench | Score75.5% | Rank13 | Participants38 | Percentile67.6% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score79.6% | Rank16 | Participants111 | Percentile86.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanity's Last Exam | Score49.0% | Rank23 | Participants99 | Percentile77.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench 2.0 | Score59.1% | Rank23 | Participants51 | Percentile56.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkDeepSWE 1.1 | Score30.0% | Rank24 | Participants25 | Percentile4.2% | EvidenceB | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score89.9% | Rank25 | Participants239 | Percentile89.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBrowseComp | Score74.7% | Rank28 | Participants62 | Percentile55.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMCP Atlas | Score61.3% | Rank28 | Participants33 | Percentile15.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMU-Pro | Score75.6% | Rank31 | Participants68 | Percentile55.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
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Arena | Category | Rank | Rating / score | Votes | Observations | Result date |
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| Arenasearch | Categoryoverall | Rank06 | Rating / score1220.8 | Votes111,959 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenadocument | Categoryoverall | Rank08 | Rating / score1482.8 | Votes54,427 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenasearch style control | Categoryoverall | Rank08 | Rating / score1199.6 | Votes111,959 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenasearch factuality | Categoryoverall | Rank09 | Rating / score1201.0 | Votes111,907 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent bash recovery steps | Categoryoverall | Rank12 | Rating / score0.1 | VotesN/A | Observations24.6K | Result date |
| Arenadocument style control | Categoryoverall | Rank14 | Rating / score1477.5 | Votes54,427 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent | Categoryoverall | Rank22 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations1.3M | Result date |
| Arenaagent steerability | Categoryoverall | Rank23 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations37.1K | Result date |
| Arenawebdev | Categoryoverall | Rank23 | Rating / score1523.7 | Votes19,588 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent tool hallucination | Categoryoverall | Rank24 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations1.2M | Result date |
| Arenavision | Categoryoverall | Rank25 | Rating / score1282.2 | Votes24,997 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenavision style control | Categoryoverall | Rank26 | Rating / score1275.3 | Votes24,997 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenaagent praise complaint | Categoryoverall | Rank27 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations9.6K | Result date |
| Arenaagent task outcome explicit | Categoryoverall | Rank28 | Rating / score0.0 | VotesN/A | Observations27.2K | Result date |
| Arenatext | Categoryoverall | Rank29 | Rating / score1457.6 | Votes66,602 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext style control | Categoryoverall | Rank30 | Rating / score1472.1 | Votes66,602 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext factuality | Categoryoverall | Rank32 | Rating / score1460.0 | Votes66,315 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- 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
- 44
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderXpersona | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.90 | Output / 1M$5.55 | Context200K | Updated |
| ProviderPoe | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2.6 | Output / 1M$13 | Context983K | Updated |
| ProviderOrcaRouter | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVertex | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6@default | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderImpossibl | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVertex (Anthropic) | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6@default | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAuriko | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderDaoXE | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderCrossModel | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAnthropic | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| Providerrouting.run | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderDatabricks | Provider model IDdatabricks-claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAmazon Bedrock | Provider model IDanthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderNEAR AI Cloud | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderMerge Gateway | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderCloudflare AI Gateway | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderFastRouter | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderZenMux | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderPerplexity Agent | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context200K | Updated |
| ProviderGMI Cloud | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context409.6K | Updated |
| ProviderFreeModel | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderOfox | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderNeon | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAzure Cognitive Services | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| Provider302.AI | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderOpenCode Zen | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderRequesty | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAzure | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderFrogBot | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context200K | Updated |
| ProviderAIHubMix | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderLLM Gateway | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderGitHub Copilot | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context200K | Updated |
| ProviderModelis | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderPioneer | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAbacus | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3 | Output / 1M$15 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderCortecs | Provider model IDclaude-4-6-sonnet | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3.2 | Output / 1M$15.94 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVenice AI | Provider model IDclaude-sonnet-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$3.6 | Output / 1M$18 | Context1M | Updated |
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 Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Claude Sonnet 4.6. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
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Provider | Output Speed | Catalog Latency | Max Input | Max Output | Updated |
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| ProviderAnthropic | Output Speed14.831 tok/s | Catalog Latency0.4 s | Max Input200K | Max Output64K | Updated |
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Specifications
Technical details for the model's 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
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionClaude Sonnet 4.6 | Released | LLMBoard72.6 | ParametersN/A | Context1M | Max output64K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
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What is Claude Sonnet 4.6?
Key information about Claude Sonnet 4.6 and its available data.
6 is a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design. 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).
Data as of 2026-08-17.
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 was created by Anthropic.
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?
44 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Seed 2.1 Turbo, Muse Spark, Qwen3.7 Plus.