Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max)
Adaptive-reasoning variant of Claude Sonnet 4.6 with max effort level.
Intelligence
0.0 #710
Top 96% tier
Output Speed
50 t/s
ITL 20.0 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$6 /1M
In $3/M · Out $15/M
Context
1.0M
≈ 2,500 A4 pages · max out 16,384
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6-Axis Frontier Evaluation vs Category Average & Flagship
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max)
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Average (68)
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Model Details
Release date
May 5, 2026
Parameters
Not disclosed
License
Proprietary
Context Window
1,000,000 tokens
Input Price
$3/M
Output Price
$15/M
Output Speed
50 t/s
Time to First Token
—
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Estimated monthly spend
$0.00
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@misc{llmpodium2026claudesonnet46max,
title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max)},
author = {LLMPodium Research},
year = {2026},
url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/claude-sonnet-4-6-max}
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