Claude Sonnet 4.6
Balancedby Anthropic
The most popular Claude model — a strong all-rounder.
At a glance
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Best for
- Balanced
- Reads images
- Yes
- Price
- from $30 / 1M tokens
- Subscription
- None — pay as you go
Benchmarks
Higher is better.
- GPQA Diamond· graduate-level reasoning
- 87.5%
- AA Coding Index· real-world coding (composite)
- 63%
Source: artificialanalysis.ai, as of 13 Aug 2026. Figures are publisher-reported where not independently verified.
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