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Vision-language
Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Released
- 17 Feb 2026
- Status
- Legacy
- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- 128K
- Input per 1M tokens
- $3.00
- Output per 1M tokens
- $15.00
- Open weights
- No
- License
- proprietary
- Parameters
- —
- Knowledge cutoff
- Aug 2025
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Modalities
- text, image → text
Category scores
Out of 100, from independent and third-party results only, by method category-2026-09-29.1.
| Category | Score | Rank | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge & reasoning | 31.6 | 54 | 2 of 4 |
| Coding & software engineering | 27.1 | Not ranked | 2 of 5 |
| Agentic tool use | 54.9 | Not ranked | 1 of 2 |
| Computer & browser use | 9.3 | 6 | 1 of 1 |
| Factuality & hallucination | 35.5 | 42 | 1 of 1 |
| Human preference | 55.2 | 15 | 4 of 5 |
Benchmark results
Every result we hold for this model, with who ran it and where it was published.
Knowledge & reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 13.0% | Independent | 32K | 20 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 8.0% | Independent | medium | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 5.0% | Independent | high | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 3.0% | Independent | max | 6 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| DTBench (Decision Theory Benchmark) | Accuracy (capability questions) | 89.9% | Third party | max | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/dtbench via Epoch AI |
| LMCA (Language Model Conceptual Argumentation) | Correlation with expert ratings (Pearson r) | 0.4651 | Third party | max | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/lmca via Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 16.0% | Independent | low | 6 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 14.0% | Independent | — | 6 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Scientific reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 87.4% | Independent | 32K | 20 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 83.3% | Independent | medium | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 83.3% | Independent | high | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 78.8% | Independent | max | 6 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Mathematics
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | Accuracy | 8.3% | Independent | 16K | 21 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v1) | Accuracy | 32.4% | Independent | 16K | 20 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 85.8% | Independent | 32K | 20 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 82.2% | Independent | medium | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 75.6% | Independent | high | 13 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 71.1% | Independent | max | 6 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Coding & software engineering
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | Pass@1 | 29.9% | Third party | high | — | https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/ via Epoch AI |
| ExploitBench | Mean capability | 23.6% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| ExploitBench | Mean capability | 22.7% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| FrontierCode | Main score (Mean@5) | 24.3% | Third party | unknown | — | https://cognition.com/frontiercode via Epoch AI |
| SWE-bench Verified | % resolved | 75.2% | Independent | — | 21 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Accuracy (mean over trials) | 53.4% | Third party | unknown | — | https://www.tbench.ai/leaderboard/terminal-bench/2.0 via Epoch AI |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Accuracy (mean over trials) | 53.4% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| WeirdML (v2) | Average accuracy | 66.1% | Third party | medium | — | WeirdML Leaderboard via Epoch AI |
Agentic tool use
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Research Bench (FutureSearch) | Average score | 54.9% | Third party | high | — | https://evals.futuresearch.ai/#drb via Epoch AI |
| Deep Research Bench (FutureSearch) | Average score | 50.4% | Third party | low | — | https://evals.futuresearch.ai/#drb via Epoch AI |
Computer & browser use
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | Binary completion (500 steps) | 9.3% | Third party | medium | — | https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/ via Epoch AI |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Binary completion (500 steps) | 8.3% | Third party | max | — | https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/ via Epoch AI |
| OSWorld-Verified | % tasks completed | 72.1% | Third party | — | — | OS World Website via Epoch AI |
Professional knowledge work
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | Pass@1 (all rubric criteria met) | 43.0% | Source not stated | high | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
Factuality & hallucination
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | Accuracy (% correct) | 35.5% | Independent | high | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| SimpleQA Verified | Accuracy (% correct) | 32.8% | Independent | max | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Human preference
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1521 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Votes | 22980 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Document Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1478 | Independent | — | 13 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Document Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 57813 | Independent | — | 13 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1472 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 70662 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1275 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 27465 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
Other Claude Sonnet versions
- Claude Sonnet 5.528 Sep 2026
- Claude Sonnet 530 Jun 2026
- Claude Sonnet 4.529 Sep 2025
- Claude Sonnet 422 May 2025
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet24 Feb 2025
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet20 Jun 2024
- Claude 3 Sonnet4 Mar 2024