Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)
AI model by Anthropic. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) is a premium-tier model from Anthropic at $15.00/M output tokens. Benchmark scores (see above) suggest it targets workloads where correctness matters more than cost — long-running agents, code generation at scale, and complex multi-step reasoning.
Latency. On latency, Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) reports 43 tok/s output speed and 1360ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) costs $4.50 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
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|---|---|---|---|
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)Current | $3.00 | $15.00 | 43 tok/s |
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