Intelligence
wins
42.7
Claude Opus 4.7
35.9
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7 from Anthropic and Claude Sonnet 4.6 from Anthropic are shown side by side so you can compare pricing, model IDs, context and output limits, modalities, tool use, release details, and benchmark results where data is available.
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic
Basic Information
Name
Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.7
Model id
Claude Opus 4.7claude-opus-4.7
Intro
Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.7 is described by Anthropic as a strong upgrade for advanced software engineering and difficult long-running tasks. Official messaging highlights the model’s ability to handle complicated work and verify its own outputs. It should be described around sustained engineering judgment rather than generic writing quality.
Author
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic
Released date
Claude Opus 4.72026-04-16
Name
Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Sonnet 4.6
Model id
Claude Sonnet 4.6claude-sonnet-4.6
Intro
Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Sonnet 4.6 is presented as a broad upgrade for coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design. Anthropic materials describe it as a strong middle tier with 1M-context beta support and better agent behavior. It is suited to teams that want near-frontier capability with more practical cost and latency than Opus.
Author
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic
Released date
Claude Sonnet 4.62026-02-17
Pricing
Input
Claude Opus 4.7$5/M
Output
Claude Opus 4.7$25/M
Cached input
Claude Opus 4.7$0.5/M
Input
Claude Sonnet 4.6$3/M
Output
Claude Sonnet 4.6$15/M
Cached input
Claude Sonnet 4.6$0.3/M
Context & Output
Context length
Claude Opus 4.71M
Max output tokens
Claude Opus 4.7128K
Context length
Claude Sonnet 4.61M
Max output tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.664K
Capabilities
Reasoning
Claude Opus 4.7
Knowledge
Claude Opus 4.72026-01-31
Attachment
Claude Opus 4.7
Input modalities
Claude Opus 4.7Image, PDF, Text
Output modalities
Claude Opus 4.7Text
Temperature
Claude Opus 4.7
Tool use
Claude Opus 4.7
Reasoning
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Knowledge
Claude Sonnet 4.62025-08-31
Attachment
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input modalities
Claude Sonnet 4.6Image, PDF, Text
Output modalities
Claude Sonnet 4.6Text
Temperature
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Tool use
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Benchmark
Coding
wins
53.1
Claude Opus 4.7
46.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic
Knowledge & Reasoning
GPQA
wins88.5%
HLE
wins31.2%
GPQA
79.9%
HLE
13.2%
Coding
SciCode
wins50.1%
Terminal-Bench Hard
wins54.5%
SciCode
46.9%
Terminal-Bench Hard
46.2%
Instruction Following & Agent Tasks
IFBench
wins43.6%
AA-LCR
wins67%
Tau2
74.0%
IFBench
41.2%
AA-LCR
57.7%
Tau2
wins79.5%
FAQ
Which model is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or Claude Sonnet 4.6?+
Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 should be compared by workload. This page places price, context, output limits, capabilities, and benchmark data side by side.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7?+
Use the pricing rows above to compare input, output, and cached input prices for Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Which model supports a longer context length?+
Claude Opus 4.7 lists 1M context length, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 lists 1M.
Can I access both models through TokenHub?+
If both models are available in the TokenHub catalog, you can route requests to Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 through the TokenHub API.