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Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort)

Claude Sonnet · Released 2026-02-17

AA Intelligence Index 34.3. Listed on Artificial Analysis with API pricing $3/$15 per 1M tokens. Benchmark rows sync from the AA snapshot — see the ledger on this page.

Frontier model tracked on Artificial Analysis. Use the benchmark ledger below for sourced scores; we do not infer numbers beyond published rows.

#110 of 184 on AA Index · current snapshot
23 AA Index · 8 benchmark rows · 1 sourcesPosition is benchmark-specific — not a cross-family or cross-source ranking.
Composite44
ContextUnlisted
Input / 1M$3.0
Output / 1M$15
Knowledge cutoffunpublished
Output speed53 t/s
TTFT (default API)1.14s
Statussolid

Family profile

Best published score in each covered benchmark family.

64/100 avg
Reasoning
80
Agentic
42
Long context
69

3 tested benchmark families

Benchmark placements

Where Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) places on each public benchmark source that publishes a row. Rank counts every model with a latest row in the same test — not a universal quality score.

BenchmarkFamilyRankScoreSourceDate
AA time to first tokenPerformance#57/ 190Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
AA output speedPerformance#72/ 190Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexReasoning#104/ 18823Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
Terminal-BenchAgentic#112/ 18942Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
IFBenchReasoning#117/ 12742Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
AA-LCRLong context#124/ 18269Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
GPQA DiamondReasoning#145/ 19080Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning#153/ 18511Artificial Analysis2026-09-10
Family context

The three highest-scoring models with pages in each capability family. Where Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) shows up, it's highlighted.

ReasoningClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) · 80
  1. 1
    GPT-6 Astra
    96
  2. 2
    Claude Mythos Preview
    95
  3. 3
    Gemini 3.7 Flash
    95
AgenticClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) · 42
  1. 1
    GPT 5.5
    100
  2. 2
    Claude Opus 4.8
    100
  3. 3
    Claude Fable 5
    100
Long contextClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) · 69
  1. 1
    Kimi K3
    89
  2. 2
    Claude Fable 5.1
    85
  3. 3
    GPT-5.5 (high)
    84
Newest receipts

Benchmark rows added to the public ledger for Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) in the last 120 days. Older rows live in the full table below.

8 recent
BenchmarkFamilyScoreSourceDays ago
AA-LCRLong context69.33%Artificial Analysis6
AA output speedPerformance53 t/sArtificial Analysis6
AA time to first tokenPerformance1.14sArtificial Analysis6
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexReasoning23.3%Artificial Analysis6
GPQA DiamondReasoning79.7%Artificial Analysis6
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning11.2%Artificial Analysis6
IFBenchReasoning42.38%Artificial Analysis6
Terminal-BenchAgentic42.42%Artificial Analysis6
Family coverage

A high composite that hides a weak family is a trap. These bars surface the families where this model hasn't been publicly tested, and where it leads.

Reasoning80
Agentic42
Long context69
Price vs. performance
0255075100$0.10$0.30$1$3$10$30input USD / 1M tokens · log scale →← intelligence

Hover any dot for name, score, and input price. Keyboard: tab through the top twelve, or use the ranking below.

AnthropicOpenAIMistralAlibabaDeepSeekGoogleMoonshotMetaxAIMiniMaxZhipuXiaomiOtherMeituanCohereNVIDIA

Full benchmark ledger

Every catalog benchmark for Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort). Scores link to the original source; gaps mean no public row exists yet.

8 sourced rows

8 of 37 catalog benchmarks have a sourced row for Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort).

Reasoning

Agentic

Long context

Performance

Sources

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