Claude Sonnet 4.6
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...
Updated 11 min ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026
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- Context
- 1M tokens
- T2 · 11 min ago
- Released
- 17 Feb 2026
- T2 · 11 min ago
Specification
- Family
- Claude
Source:Claude Developer Platform docsT1observed 29 min agohigh
- Release date
- 17 Feb 2026
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Status
- active
Source:Claude Developer Platform docsT1observed 29 min agohigh
- Openness
- proprietary
Source:Claude Developer Platform docsT1observed 29 min agohigh
- Context window
- 1M tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Max output
- 128K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Modalities
- image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Input modalities
- image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Output modalities
- text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Tokenizer
- Claude
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Retirement date
- 17 Feb 2027
Source:Claude Developer Platform docsT1observed 29 min agohigh
- Retirement tentative
- Yes
Source:Claude Developer Platform docsT1observed 29 min agohigh
- File input
- Yes
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Openrouter id
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Supported parameters
- include_reasoning, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p, verbosity
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
Each value shows its source, tier and observation time. Conflicting claims are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. How AI Atlas records facts →
Provenance
Attributed facts
20
Source tiers
T1T25 / 15
Freshest observation
11 min ago
Conflicts
None
Modalities
- Modalities
- imagetext
- Input
- imagetext
- Output
- text
Capabilities
Tool calling
Yes
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Structured output
Yes
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Reasoning
Yes
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Vision
Yes
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2
Audio
Unavailable
Fine-tuning available
Unavailable
- Context window
- 1M tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Max output
- 128K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
- Tokenizer
- Claude
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 min agomedium
No benchmark results recorded
Current prices
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached in | Batch in / out | Context | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic APIanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6:batch | $1.5 | $7.5 | $0.15 | — | 1M | 11 min ago | openrouter.aiT2 |
| Anthropic API | $3 | $15 | $0.30 | — | — | 29 min ago | platform.claude.comT1 |
| Anthropic APIanthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | $3 | $15 | $0.30 | — | 1M | 11 min ago | openrouter.aiT2 |
USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider (USD). Rows are append-only: every change is kept in the history below.
Available through 1
Price history
Input price · USD / 1M tokens
Output price · USD / 1M tokens
- Anthropic API
No hardware estimate available
No lineage recorded
Papers 0
No papers linked yet.
Repositories 0
No repositories linked yet.
As of
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Claim history
Familyfamily1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | → current | current | Claude Developer Platform docsT1 | high | deterministic |
Release daterelease_date1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2026 | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Statusstatus1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| active | → current | current | Claude Developer Platform docsT1 | high | deterministic |
Opennessopenness1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proprietary | → current | current | Claude Developer Platform docsT1 | high | deterministic |
Context windowcontext_length1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Max outputmax_output_tokens1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128K tokens | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Modalitiesmodalities1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| image, text | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Input modalitiesmodalities_input1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| image, text | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Output modalitiesmodalities_output1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Tokenizertokenizer1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Retirement dateretirement_date1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2027 | → current | current | Claude Developer Platform docsT1 | high | deterministic |
Retirement tentativeretirement_tentative1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | Claude Developer Platform docsT1 | high | deterministic |
Descriptiondescription1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
File inputfile_input1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Openrouter idopenrouter_id1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Reasoningreasoning1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Structured outputstructured_output1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Supported parameterssupported_parameters1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| include_reasoning, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p, verbosity | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Tool callingtool_calling1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Visionvision1
| Value | Valid from → to | Status | Source | Confidence | Extractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | → current | current | OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2 | medium | deterministic |
Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →
Anthropic API lists Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $1.5 in / $7.5 out per 1M tokens
openrouterAnthropic API lists Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3 in / $15 out per 1M tokens
openrouterAnthropic API lists Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3 in / $15 out per 1M tokens
anthropic
| Source | Document | Type | Tier | Last observed | Snapshots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Developer Platform docs | docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/model-deprecations.md | model_docs | T1· Official | 21 min ago | 1 |
| Claude Developer Platform docs | docs.claude.com/en/docs/about-claude/pricing.md | pricing | T1· Official | 21 min ago | 1 |
| OpenRouter public model & pricing listing | openrouter.ai/api/v1/models | catalogue | T2· Quality secondary | 11 min ago | 1 |
Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.