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Claude Sonnet 4

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Hybrid reasoning Claude model with strong agentic coding. Built by Anthropic.

Prices updated

Input price

$3.00

per 1M tokens · Standard

Output price

$15

per 1M tokens · Standard

Input limit

200K

tokens

Output limit

64K

tokens

Input formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Output formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF
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Claude Sonnet 4 price history

12 price records since 4/1/2026

Claude Sonnet 4 cost calculator

Input20M tokens
Output5M tokens

$135/month

Standard pricing

Overview

What is Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 is a text & reasoning and vision and code & slms model from Anthropic. Hybrid reasoning Claude model with strong agentic coding. Its 200K context window and $3.00 input price make it a candidate for quality-focused production applications.

Code generationAgent workflowsImage understandingDocument analysis

Benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4 benchmarks & speed

How Claude Sonnet 4 scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.

16.6

Intelligence Index

Better than 45% of 153 models

1145

DesignArena Elo

Better than 25% of 81 models

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond

68.3%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 72%

HLE

4.3%

Humanity's Last Exam · top 85%

Latency & design

DesignArena win rate
53.4%
Design battles judged
17,542

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/8/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.

Rates

Claude Sonnet 4 pricing

Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.

Input · Standard

$3.00

Per 1M tokens

Cached input · Standard

$0.30

Per 1M tokens

Capabilities

Claude Sonnet 4 Tools

Tools available when using Claude Sonnet 4 through supported provider APIs.

Function calling

Supported

Structured outputs

Not supported

JSON mode

Not supported

Reasoning

Supported

Built-in web search

Not supported

Log probabilities

Not supported

Deterministic seed

Not supported

Parallel tool calls

Not supported

Prompt caching

Supported

Where to run it

Claude Sonnet 4 API providers

2 providers serve Claude Sonnet 4. Prices are per 1M tokens; uptime is the last 24 hours.

Amazon Bedrock
Input
$3.00
Output
$15
Cached
$0.30
Context
200K
Uptime
100%
Amazon Bedrock
Input
$3.00
Output
$15
Cached
$0.30
Context
200K
Uptime
100%

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Measured results (AA Intelligence 16.6 · DesignArena Elo 1145 · Arena Elo 1250 · MMLU-Pro 81.9%) position it for demanding production work.
  • 200K context supports large documents, repositories and extended conversations.
  • Supports text & reasoning and vision and code & slms workloads in one model.

Limitations

  • Generated tokens cost 5× more than input tokens, which matters for verbose responses.
  • Large context capacity does not guarantee consistent retrieval across the entire prompt.
  • Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.

Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.

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Frequently asked questions about Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Sonnet 4 is a text & reasoning and vision and code & slms model from Anthropic. Hybrid reasoning Claude model with strong agentic coding.