Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Anthropic
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Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Anthropic
Feature Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)
AI Lab Anthropic Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 16,000 tokens 64,000 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support Yes Yes
Description The latest Sonnet 4.6 model from Anthropic with effort set to max for highest reasoning and creativity, ideal for complex agentic tasks The latest Claude 4.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic with maximum reasoning enabled, 200k reasoning tokens in 1M context.

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