Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
claude-sonnet-4-6- Released
- Feb 17, 2026
- Version
- Claude Sonnet 4.6
- License
- Unknown
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an Anthropic Claude model for reasoning, coding, multimodal analysis, and tool-using agents.
- Token context
- 1,000K tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Feb 17, 2026
Benchmark Market Position
Intelligence, Cost, and Efficiency
Not ranked in current cohort
Rank #25 of 36
Grok Build 0.1
DeepSeek V4 Flash
GLM 5.3 Flash
MiniMax M3
GPT-5.6 Luna
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
- DeepSeek V4 Pro
- Gemini 3.6 Flash
- GLM 5.2
Qwen3.7 Max- GPT-5.4 Nano
- Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Qwen3.8 27B
Kimi K2.6- Qwen3.8 Max
- GPT-5.6 Sol
- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.1 Pro
- GPT-5.2
- Kimi K3
Claude Sonnet 4.6
- GPT-5.4 Mini
- GLM 5.3
- GPT-5.6 Terra
- GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.5
Not ranked in current cohort
The orange outline marks Claude Sonnet 4.6. Each available panel preserves its real rank and value; missing benchmark or pricing inputs remain explicitly unranked.
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AnthropicAvailable | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | — | Sep 3, 2026 | Provider-reported |
 DeepinfraAvailable | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | — | Sep 4, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| ARC-AGI-1verified-v1-2aa739d957fc | 86.50 | — | — | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (High)unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| ARC-AGI-2verified-v2-b5cb5ec6e8c7 | 60.42 | — | — | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (High)unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LiveBench2026-06-25 | 77.11 | 13,226 | 1,270 | claude-sonnet-4-6-thinking-auto-medium-effortaverage per case | Recomputedwinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-08-31-011508720696 | 0.95 | — | 38,385 | Claude Sonnet 4.6; 95% CI [-0.31540788, 2.21833799]; sessions 38385; observations 1371137; rank 31unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-011508720696 | 1,482.80 | — | 54,427 | claude-sonnet-4-6; 95% CI [1476.49799837, 1489.09368537]; votes 54427; rank 8unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-08-24-011508720696 | 1,221.23 | — | 134,905 | claude-sonnet-4-6-search; 95% CI [1216.39472071, 1226.06821163]; votes 134905; rank 7unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 | 1,458.01 | — | 66,343 | claude-sonnet-4-6; 95% CI [1454.41608210, 1461.60383515]; votes 66343; rank 32unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-011508720696 | 1,282.25 | — | 25,610 | claude-sonnet-4-6; 95% CI [1275.84615489, 1288.65223369]; votes 25610; rank 25unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d | 83.63 | 2,525 | 50 | Claude Sonnet 4.6average per case | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 1,000K tokens
- Maximum output
- 128K tokens
- Total parameters
- Unknown
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 1, 2025
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Vision
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, tools
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Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesclaude-sonnet-4-6
Explicit Unknowns
- Architecture
- Tokenizer
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
Related Model Comparisons
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Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs | Qwen3.8 MaxQwen | cross-developer peersimage, text |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | cross-developer peersimage, text |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs | MiniMax M3MiniMax | cross-developer peersimage, text |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs | GLM 5.3Z.ai | cross-developer peerstext |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs |  Hy4 previewTencent | cross-developer peerstext |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs |  Nova 2 LiteAmazon | cross-developer peersimage, text |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs |  ERNIE 5.1Baidu | cross-developer peerstext |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs |  Phi-4 ReasoningMicrosoft | cross-developer peerstext |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs |  Sonar ProPerplexity | cross-developer peerstext |
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | vs | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | family variantsimage, text |
Questions
Claude Sonnet 4.6 FAQs
What is Claude Sonnet 4.6?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an Anthropic Claude model for reasoning, coding, multimodal analysis, and tool-using agents. It is developed by Anthropic and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Claude Sonnet 4.6 support?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.
How much context does Claude Sonnet 4.6 support?+
The current record lists a 1,000K-token context window and a maximum output of 128K tokens.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 available through an API?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Anthropic and Deepinfra.
How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Claude Sonnet 4.6 are $3.00 per million input tokens through Anthropic and $15.00 per million output tokens through Anthropic. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
What capabilities and tasks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 support?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, and tools. Its supported tasks are image, reasoning, and text.
Can Claude Sonnet 4.6 be self-hosted?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.
Does Claude Sonnet 4.6 have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are claude-sonnet-4-6.
Which models can Claude Sonnet 4.6 be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and Grok 4.6. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Claude Sonnet 4.6?+
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was last verified Sep 3, 2026 from Anthropic's primary source, “Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Platform Docs.” The evidence is classified as official fact.