Claude Sonnet 4.6 API Pricing — $3.00/M input, $15.00/M output
Perfect balance of intelligence and speed for enterprise workloads.
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 / month | Est. 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
Head-to-head comparisons
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.3Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 ProClaude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5
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.
