Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6

by Anthropic agentic coding intelligent

Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model yet, with frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work. It excels at iterative development, complex codebase navigation, end-to-end project management with... Frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work Most capable Sonnet-class model closing gap with Opus tier Excellent for iterative development and complex codebase navigation Confident computer use for web QA and workflow automation Priced above previous Sonnet generation ($3/$15 per 1M tokens) Still below Opus on the hardest reasoning benchmarks Day-to-day coding and iterative development Agentic automation and computer use Professional document creation and editing

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Specifications

Specifications for Claude Sonnet 4.6
LabAnthropic
Context window1,000,000
Input price $3.00/1M
Output price $15.00/1M
Release2026-02-01 00:00:00

Strengths

  • Frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work
  • Most capable Sonnet-class model closing gap with Opus tier
  • Excellent for iterative development and complex codebase navigation
  • Confident computer use for web QA and workflow automation

Weaknesses

  • Priced above previous Sonnet generation ($3/$15 per 1M tokens)
  • Still below Opus on the hardest reasoning benchmarks

Best for

  • Day-to-day coding and iterative development
  • Agentic automation and computer use
  • Professional document creation and editing

In Depth: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic.

Released 2026-02-01 00:00:00. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank and 1 other category. It supports Image, text input and produces Text output, with a context window of 1M tokens. Input pricing is $3.00 per 1M tokens and output is $15.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.

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