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Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a proprietary model from Anthropic, released Feb 17, 2026. It ranks #41 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1458. It costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window.
- Developer
- Anthropic
- Released
- Feb 17, 2026
- Context window
- 1M
- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
- $3 / $15
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Files
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool use
- Yes
The rating LMArena published at each update since Feb 19, 2026. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score bar | Accuracy | Rank | Cost / test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-benchCoding | 77.40% | 34 / 85 | $1.30 | |
| Vibe Code BenchCoding | 55.77% | 55 / 115 | $7.35 | |
| LiveCodeBenchCoding | 82.09% | 57 / 143 | $3 / $15 | |
| Tax Agent BenchFinance | 25.84% | 38 / 76 | $1.19 | |
| Legal Research BenchLaw | 38.46% | 36 / 85 | $2.30 | |
| MedQAMedicine | 92.06% | 36 / 92 | $3 / $15 | |
| GPQA DiamondReasoning | 85.61% | 48 / 138 | $3 / $15 | |
| MMLU-ProReasoning | 87.34% | 29 / 138 | $3 / $15 | |
| AIMEReasoning | 92.29% | 20 / 96 | $3 / $15 | |
| MMMUReasoning | 83.58% | 31 / 93 | $3 / $15 |
Vals AI, as of Oct 24, 2026.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1458 | 41 / 351 | 71K |
| CodingLMArena | 1503 | 19 / 346 | 19.7K |
| MathLMArena | 1463 | 57 / 339 | 3.8K |
| Creative writingLMArena | 1435 | 53 / 349 | 12.4K |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1476 | 25 / 351 | 23.7K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1485 | 31 / 351 | 46.2K |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 1464 | 44 / 349 | 12.7K |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1479 | 32 / 330 | 31.1K |
| ExpertLMArena | 1500 | 29 / 305 | 7.4K |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1470 | 41 / 325 | 5.7K |
| Medicine and healthcareIndustries | 1451 | 72 / 325 | 5.4K |
| Business and financeIndustries | 1464 | 28 / 344 | 14.1K |
| ChineseLanguages | 1491 | 65 / 328 | 4.5K |
| SpanishLanguages | 1464 | 36 / 249 | 2.2K |
| GermanLanguages | 1428 | 87 / 261 | 1.2K |
| FrenchLanguages | 1465 | 56 / 252 | 2.3K |
| JapaneseLanguages | 1421 | 52 / 236 | 801 |
| WebDevLMArena | 1523 | 54 / 124 | 22.9K |
| VisionLMArena | 1283 | 33 / 146 | 27.4K |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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Anthropic
An AI safety and research company that builds the Claude family of models, known for coding, long context and careful behaviour. Founded 2021, based in San Francisco. anthropic.com
Questions
Who makes Claude Sonnet 4.6?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is made by Anthropic, founded 2021 and based in San Francisco.
How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost?
$3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, at its provider’s list price.
What is Claude Sonnet 4.6’s context window?
1M tokens (1,000,000).
How does Claude Sonnet 4.6 rank?
#41 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1458 (95% interval 1454–1461) from 70,953 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 open source?
No. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is proprietary and served through its provider’s API.