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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.5

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Anthropic · 1M context  |  Anthropic · 200k context

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6Claude Opus 4.5
Input / 1M tokens$3$15
Output / 1M tokens$15$75
Cached input / 1M$0.3$1.5
Context window1M200k
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic

Cost Calculator

💰 Claude Sonnet 4.6 saves $12,600.00/month (80% cheaper)
AClaude Sonnet 4.6CHEAPER
Per request$0.0105
Daily$105.00
Monthly$3,150.00
Yearly$38,325.00
AClaude Opus 4.5
Per request$0.0525
Daily$525.00
Monthly$15,750.00
Yearly$191,625.00
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Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 80% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Larger context window (1M vs 200k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Cheaper cached price ($0.3 vs $1.5/1M)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Balanced performance
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Choose Claude Opus 4.5 when…

  • ✓ Optimized for: Complex reasoning & coding

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