Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Context
- 1M
- 128K max output
- Input price
- $3.00
- per 1M tokens · Claude API
- Output price
- $15.00
- per 1M tokens
- Epoch Capabilities Index
- 152.3
- #35 of 71 listed
- LMArena Text
- 1,472
- #27 of 79 listed
Where to run it
9 offerings · prices as listed| Meter | Tier | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Input | Standard | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $7.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.30 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $3.75 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.00 / 1M tokens | |
Amazon Bedrock (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $7.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.30 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $3.75 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.00 / 1M tokens | |
Amazon Bedrock (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.65 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Amazon Bedrock (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.65 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Amazon Bedrock (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.65 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Google Cloud Vertex AI (opens in a new tab) claude-sonnet-4-6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $3.00 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $7.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $15.00 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $0.15 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $0.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $3.75 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.00 / 1M tokens | |
| 5-minute cache · Batch | $1.88 / 1M tokens | |
| 1-hour cache · Batch | $3.00 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 5-minute cache | $3.75 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 1-hour cache | $6.00 / 1M tokens | |
Google Cloud Vertex AI (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.65 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $16.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $0.17 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $0.33 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
| 5-minute cache · Batch | $2.06 / 1M tokens | |
| 1-hour cache · Batch | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Google Cloud Vertex AI (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · Batch | $4.13 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $16.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $0.33 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache write | 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache · Batch | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Google Cloud Vertex AI (opens in a new tab) Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ||
| Input | Standard | $3.30 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $1.65 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Output | Standard | $16.50 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $8.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens | $16.50 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache read | Standard | $0.33 / 1M tokens |
| Batch | $0.17 / 1M tokens | |
| Cache write | 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens |
| 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
| 5-minute cache · Batch | $2.06 / 1M tokens | |
| 1-hour cache · Batch | $3.30 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 5-minute cache | $4.13 / 1M tokens | |
| Prompts over 200K tokens · 1-hour cache | $6.60 / 1M tokens | |
Changes
All changes →- 3 new prices on Claude API Cache write (1-hour cache) $6.00 · Input (Batch) $1.50 · Output (Batch) $7.50
Cited scores
From third-party leaderboards, not measured by us- Epoch Capabilities Index 152.3
#35 of 71 listed models · CI 149.7–154.7
Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks'. Licensed CC BY 4.0. · License · as of Sep 26, 2026 · changes we made
- LMArena Text 1,472
#27 of 79 listed models · CI 1,469–1,476 · 70,662 votes
LMArena (Arena), leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0 · License · as of Sep 25, 2026 · changes we made
- Epoch AI · GPQA Diamond 87.4%
#40 of 64 listed models · 32K thinking budget · ±2
Also listed: high effort 83.3% · medium effort 83.3% · max effort 78.8%
Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks'. Licensed CC BY 4.0. · License · as of Sep 26, 2026 · changes we made
- Epoch AI · SWE-bench Verified 75.2%
#13 of 23 listed models · ±1.96
Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks'. Licensed CC BY 4.0. · License · as of Sep 26, 2026 · changes we made
- LMArena Text · Chinese 1,509
#30 of 79 listed models · CI 1,500–1,519 · 4,523 votes
LMArena (Arena), leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0 · License · as of Sep 25, 2026 · changes we made
- LMArena Text · Coding 1,529
#17 of 79 listed models · CI 1,523–1,535 · 19,741 votes
LMArena (Arena), leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0 · License · as of Sep 25, 2026 · changes we made
- LMArena Vision 1,283
#18 of 49 listed models · CI 1,276–1,289 · 25,552 votes
LMArena (Arena), leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0 · License · as of Sep 13, 2026 · changes we made