How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost per token?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is priced at $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.

What is Claude Sonnet 4.6's context window?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.

How widely used is Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 accounts for about 2% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Jul 7, 2026.

What are the alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include GPT-5.5, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, and Step 3.7 Flash. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6

Name: Claude Sonnet 4.6
Author: Anthropic

openrouter price docs

Context

tokens

Released

Feb 17, 2026

on OpenRouter

Usage rank

#10

of 41 tracked models

Token share

OpenRouter · Jul 7, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$3.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Output $/MTok

$15.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.3

OpenRouter

Cache write $/MTok

$3.75

OpenRouter

Current Claude Sonnet 4.6 prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6	$3.00	$15.00	$0.3	$3.75	1M	Jul 8, 2026	—
models.dev	github-copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6	$3.00	$15.00	$0.3	$3.75	200K	Jul 8, 2026	0.3%

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

2 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jul 8, 2026

Specs

Context & availability

Claude Sonnet 4.6 specifications.
Provider	Anthropic
Context window	1M tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Feb 17, 2026
Tracked price sources	OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: claude-sonnet-4-6

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Jul 7, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

2% on Jul 7, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
AA Intelligence Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6	47.2index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6	63index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Agentic Index	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6	40.8index	—	or-embedded-aa

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6 by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
10	GPT-5.5OpenAI	175.1B	5.1%	vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
12	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	152.1B	0.9%	vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
9	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	192.5B	15.4%	vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
13	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	150.4B	37.9%	vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

FAQ

Claude Sonnet 4.6 FAQ

How much does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cost per token?: Claude Sonnet 4.6 is priced at $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.
What is Claude Sonnet 4.6's context window?: Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.
How widely used is Claude Sonnet 4.6?: Claude Sonnet 4.6 accounts for about 2% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Jul 7, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.6?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include GPT-5.5, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, and Step 3.7 Flash. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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