Analysis
Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 4.6 delivers impressive performance, rivaling even the powerful Opus model, but at the more affordable Sonnet price point! This update brings significant improvements in coding capabilities and introduces Adaptive Thinking, enhancing the model's efficiency and responsiveness.
Key Takeaways
- •Sonnet 4.6 provides performance close to Opus at a much lower cost, with the same API pricing as Sonnet 4.5.
- •The model shows significant improvements in coding tasks, outperforming even older versions of Opus in user preference.
- •Adaptive Thinking dynamically adjusts the model's depth of thought, optimizing both latency and cost.
Reference / Citation
View Original"Notably, the performance that could only be achieved with the Opus class has become available at the Sonnet price point."