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Claude Sonnet 4.6

AnthropicCurrentReleased February 2026
Overall Score
83Prov. #16 of 119
Arena Elo
1470
Categories Ranked
8of 8
Price (1M tokens)
$3 in / $15 out
Speed
44tok/s
Context
200K
ProprietaryNon-Reasoning
Confidence
base

According to BenchLM.ai, Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #16 out of 119 models on the provisional leaderboard with an overall score of 83/100. It does not yet have enough sourced coverage for BenchLM's verified leaderboard. This places it in the mid-tier of AI models, with strengths in specific benchmark categories.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a proprietary model with a 200K token context window. It processes queries without explicit chain-of-thought reasoning, offering faster response times and lower token usage.

This profile currently has 31 of 225 tracked benchmarks. BenchLM only exposes non-generated benchmark rows publicly, so missing categories stay blank until a sourced evaluation is available.

Its strongest category is Multilingual (#8), while its weakest is Mathematics (#28). This performance profile makes it a well-rounded choice across a range of tasks.

Ranking Distribution

Category rank across 8 benchmark categories — sorted by best rank

Category Performance

Scores across all benchmark categories (0-100 scale)

Category Breakdown

Agentic

#14
80.8/ 100
Weight: 22%9 benchmarks
Terminal-Bench 2.0BrowseCompOSWorld-VerifiedGAIATAU-benchWebArena

Coding

#16
82.3/ 100
Weight: 20%7 benchmarks
SWE-bench VerifiedLiveCodeBenchSWE-bench ProSWE-RebenchSciCode

Reasoning

#13
82.7/ 100
Weight: 17%2 benchmarks
MuSRLongBench v2MRCRv2ARC-AGI-2

Knowledge

#15
82.4/ 100
Weight: 12%10 benchmarks
GPQASuperGPQAMMLU-ProHLEFrontierScienceSimpleQA

Math

#28
75.9/ 100
Weight: 5%0 benchmarks
AIME 2025BRUMO 2025MATH-500FrontierMath

Multilingual

#8
91.3/ 100
Weight: 7%0 benchmarks
MGSMMMLU-ProX

Multimodal

#12
87.0/ 100
Weight: 12%2 benchmarks
MMMU-ProOfficeQA ProCharXivCharXiv w/o tools

Inst. Following

#27
82.8/ 100
Weight: 5%1 benchmark
IFEvalIFBench

Chatbot Arena Performance

Text Overall1470CI: ±4.527,474 votes
Coding1522CI: ±7.77,216 votes
Math1458CI: ±14.31,719 votes
Instruction Following1477CI: ±7.18,514 votes
Creative Writing1450CI: ±9.64,266 votes
Multi-turn1481CI: ±8.94,987 votes
Hard Prompts1501CI: ±5.616,911 votes
Hard Prompts (English)1505CI: ±7.28,415 votes
Longer Query1495CI: ±6.99,992 votes

Benchmark Details

Only benchmark rows with an attached exact-source record are shown here. Source-unverified manual rows and generated rows are hidden from model pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Claude Sonnet 4.6 perform overall in AI benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently ranks #16 out of 119 models on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard with an overall score of 83. It is created by Anthropic and features a 200K context window.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for knowledge and understanding?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #15 out of 119 models in knowledge and understanding benchmarks with an average score of 82.4. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for coding and programming?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #16 out of 119 models in coding and programming benchmarks with an average score of 82.3. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for reasoning and logic?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #13 out of 119 models in reasoning and logic benchmarks with an average score of 82.7. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for agentic tool use and computer tasks?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #14 out of 119 models in agentic tool use and computer tasks benchmarks with an average score of 80.8. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for multimodal and grounded tasks?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #12 out of 119 models in multimodal and grounded tasks benchmarks with an average score of 87. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 good for instruction following?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranks #27 out of 119 models in instruction following benchmarks with an average score of 82.8. There are stronger options in this category.

Does Claude Sonnet 4.6 have full benchmark coverage on BenchLM?

Not yet. Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 31 published benchmark scores out of the 225 benchmarks BenchLM tracks. BenchLM only exposes non-generated public benchmark rows, so missing categories stay blank until a sourced evaluation is available.

What is the context window size of Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a context window of 200K, which determines how much text it can process in a single interaction.

Last updated: June 2, 2026 · Runtime metrics stay blank until BenchLM has a sourced snapshot.

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