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Claude Sonnet 4.6 API Pricing — $3.00/M input, $15.00/M output

Perfect balance of intelligence and speed for enterprise workloads.

Input
$3.00/M
Output
$15.00/M
Blended
$6.00/M
Provider
Verified 2026-04-06source

Speed

Tokens / sec
76
TTFT
360 ms
Rank
#21 of 31
$ / M ÷ t/s
$0.08
Measured with 5 runs on a fixed prompt — see the full methodology.

Cost at scale

Tokens / monthEst. cost (blended 3:1)
100,000$0.60
1,000,000$6.00
10,000,000$60.00
100,000,000$600.00

How Claude Sonnet 4.6 compares

Claude Haiku 4.5$2.00/MClaude Sonnet 4.5$6.00/MClaude Sonnet 4$6.00/MClaude Opus 4.8$10.00/MClaude Opus 4.7$10.00/MClaude Sonnet 4.5$6.00/MClaude Sonnet 4$6.00/MGPT-5.4$5.63/M
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Head-to-head comparisons

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FAQ

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 costs $6.00/M blended tokens, Claude Sonnet 4.5 costs $6.00/M — Claude Sonnet 4.5 is cheaper.

How much does 1 million tokens cost with Claude Sonnet 4.6?

At a 3:1 input:output ratio, 1 million blended tokens costs approximately $6.00. Pure input costs $3.00/M; pure output costs $15.00/M.

Who provides Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is served by Anthropic. Pricing was last verified on 2026-04-06 against https://www.anthropic.com/pricing.

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