tokevenClaude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Claude's balanced performance model, priced at $3.00/MTok input and $15.00/MTok output with a 200K context window.
Input $/MTok
$3.00
Output $/MTok
$15.00
Context window
200K
Cache read discount
90% off
Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing breakdown
| Rate | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Cached read (90% off input) | $0.30 | - |
| Cached write (25% surcharge) | $3.75 | - |
| Batch (50% off) | $1.50 | $7.50 |
All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 task benchmarks
Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 20 models.
| Task | Confidence | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 92/100 | #2 |
| Code Review | 95/100 | #1 |
| Summarization | 90/100 | #2 |
| Q&A | 88/100 | #3 |
| Extraction | 86/100 | #3 |
| Reasoning | 88/100 | #3 |
| Classification | 84/100 | #4 |
| Creative Writing | 85/100 | #3 |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost by use case
Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 2,000 | 4,000 | $0.0660 |
| Unit Test Generation | 3,000 | 5,000 | $0.0840 |
| SQL Generation | 1,500 | 1,000 | $0.0195 |
| API Generation | 3,000 | 6,000 | $0.0990 |
| Code Refactoring | 4,000 | 4,000 | $0.0720 |
| Code Review | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0450 |
| PR Review | 8,000 | 3,000 | $0.0690 |
| Security Review | 6,000 | 2,500 | $0.0555 |
| Bug Detection | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0450 |
| Document Summarization | 10,000 | 1,000 | $0.0450 |
| PDF Summarization | 15,000 | 1,500 | $0.0675 |
| Meeting Notes | 8,000 | 2,000 | $0.0540 |
Monthly cost projections
Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).
| Calls / month | Without caching | With caching (90% read discount) |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $66 | $62.22 |
| 10K | $660 | $622.2 |
| 100K | $6,600 | $6,222 |
| 500K | $33,000 | $31,110 |
| 1M | $66,000 | $62,220 |
Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.
Mid-tier alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6
Same-tier models from other providers, sorted by input price.
| Model | Provider | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok | Input savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.3 | Grok | $1.25 | $2.50 | 58% cheaper |
| GPT 5.6 Terra | GPT | $2.00 | $12.00 | 33% cheaper |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Gemini | $2.00 | $12.00 | 33% cheaper |
| GPT 5.4 | GPT | $2.50 | $15.00 | 17% cheaper |
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