Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)

anthropic · Released Feb 17, 2026
Intelligence #30 / 699
74.5 our score
Speed #234 / 319
56.5 tok/s
Input Price #564 / 704
$1.50 per 1M tokens
Output Price #576 / 704
$7.50 per 1M tokens
Context #97 / 704
1M tokens

Analysis Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's Sonnet configuration for broad professional use. The supplied setup supports text, image, and file input, vision, tool use, function calling, and a 1 million token context window. Its pricing is materially lower than the premium OpenAI configurations, giving it a strong operating profile for sustained API workloads.

The model is a natural candidate for long-document analysis, content production, editorial transformation, and tool-connected assistants. A large context makes it useful for retaining extensive brand guidance, research, or project material in one interaction. The specific listing has no benchmark record, so its reasoning and coding performance should be verified rather than assumed. Its cost and context combination nevertheless make it a strong pilot candidate for mixed client workflows.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Claude Sonnet 4.6 combines a 1M context window, multimodal file handling, vision, and reliable tool-oriented API features at moderate pricing. It is well suited to long documents and client content, though this listing lacks its own benchmark data.

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DFO Verdict

Claude Sonnet 4.6 combines a 1M context window, multimodal file handling, vision, and reliable tool-oriented API features at moderate pricing. It is well suited to long documents and client content, though this listing lacks its own benchmark data.

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How Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) compares

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) ranks #33 of 425 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #35 of 198 for coding, #37 of 180 for agentic tasks. Its 1M-token context window is larger than 86% of the models we list. At $1.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 20% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 96% of models #30
Speed: faster than 27% of models #234
Price: cheaper than 20% of models #564
Context: larger than 86% of models #97
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) $1.50 in $7.50 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) 1M

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence6.9Technical6.6Value7.3Content7.5
Performance profile

Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $1.50 $0.001500
Output $7.50 $0.007500

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About Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)

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..

Frequently asked questions about Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)

How much does Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) cost?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M).

Is Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) ranks #35 of 198 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.

What can Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) do?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) is developed by Anthropic and was released on February 17, 2026.

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