Claude 4.5 Sonnet vs Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

Claude 4.5 Sonnet

Claude 4.5 Sonnet

Anthropic
VS
Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Anthropic
Feature Claude 4.5 Sonnet Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max
AI Lab Anthropic Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 64,000 tokens 16,000 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support Yes Yes
Description The latest Claude 4.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic with a 1M token context window. The latest Sonnet 4.6 model from Anthropic with effort set to max for highest reasoning and creativity, ideal for complex agentic tasks

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