Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Sonnet 4.5: What Changed?

Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Sonnet 4.5
arenaElo13581332
humanEval8986.1
sweBench6058
mmlu88.786.9
gpqa59.456.2
aime8076
Price in/out ($/M)$3 / $15$3 / $15

Our verdict

Sonnet 4.6 adds ~3 HumanEval points and ~3 GPQA points over 4.5 with the same pricing and context window. Tool use is sharper and agent drift is lower. If you ship on Sonnet, 4.6 is a free quality upgrade: migrate.

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