Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6Alternatives?
CheaperGPT-6.1 Solmax+22%-33%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5BetterGPT-6 Lunalow+8%-97%$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
OpenMuse Spark Openxhigh+15%-67%$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1
CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhigh+21%-75%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1CheaperGemini 3.6 Flashhigh+18%-75%*$1.60GPT-6.1 Solmax+22%-33%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh+21%-75%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1Gemini 3.6 Flashhigh+18%-75%*$1.60GPT-6 Solmax+18%-33%$1.04
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)thinking+17%-50%$5.41Context: 1M → 984KGPT-6 Lunalow+8%-97%$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunalow+5%-93%$0.01
MiMo v2.5thinkingOpen+7%-97%$0.019Muse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+5%-92%$0.058Context: 1M → 131KGemini 3.1 Flash Litehigh+7%-91%$0.06Muse Spark OpenxhighOpen+15%-67%$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen+14%-91%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
Kimi K3maxOpen+14%same$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3Qwen3.8 FlashthinkingOpen+13%-96%$0.37Context: 1M → 262K+6Kimi K2.6thinkingOpen+12%-71%$0.80Context: 1M → 256KClaude Opus 5.5medium+21%—$1.34No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5medium+16%—$2.19Claude Sonnet 5max+10%—$5.09Claude Opus 4.7high+8%—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.6high+3%—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.5non-thinkingsame—$5 / $25Context: 1M → 200KClaude Sonnet 4.5non-thinking-8%—$3 / $15Claude Haiku 4.5non-thinking-22%—$1 / $5Context: 1M → 200KAll Anthropic models →History
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How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost?›
$3 per 1M input tokens and $15 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.30 per 1M.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $3 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Claude Sonnet 4.6, and what is it best at?›
#152 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #46 of 132 in Coding, #61 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #27 of 195 in Writing & Language, #67 of 124 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Knowledge.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than Gemma 4 31B?›
On MMMU-Pro (vision), Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 73.3 vs 73.4 — about the same.
How can I use Claude Sonnet 4.6?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.
What is the context window of Claude Sonnet 4.6?›
1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was Claude Sonnet 4.6 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-02-17. It has been superseded by Claude Sonnet 5.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 open source?›
No, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Muse Spark Open.
Can Claude Sonnet 4.6 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Claude Sonnet 4.6?›
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released Feb 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6?›
GPT-6.1 Sol (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better), Muse Spark Open (open weights).