Claude 4.6 Sonnet
We recommend using Claude Sonnet 5. It's the latest Sonnet with stronger capabilities at a lower price.
Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's medium-tier intelligence model. It costs the same as Sonnet 4.5 and supports thinking mode with context windows up to 1M tokens. It's a solid pick for teams standardized on Claude who want reasoning without Opus pricing.
Strengths
- More affordable than Opus while keeping strong coding abilities and thinking support. Good for everyday coding tasks.
- Supports extended reasoning for tasks that benefit from deeper analysis.
- Same provider and style as Opus at a lower price point.
Limitations
- Codex and Composer offer more capability per dollar for most coding tasks.
- For peak quality, Opus remains the stronger choice.
Tools
Sonnet 4.6 has access to all agent tools when used with Cursor including:
Find files by name, read directory structures, and grep for patterns.
Generate search queries and fetch results from the web.
Read file contents, including images for vision-capable models.
Suggest edits and apply them automatically.
Execute terminal commands and monitor output.
Control a browser to take screenshots, test applications, and verify visual changes. See the Browser documentation.
Generate images from text descriptions or reference images.
Ask clarifying questions while continuing to work in the background.
Retrieve rules based on type and description.
Learn more about how tools work and tool calling fundamentals.
Pricing
Cursor plans include two usage pools. Sonnet 4.6 draws from the third-party Other Models pool, which charges at the rates below. Individual plans include at least $20 of third-party Other Models usage each month (more on higher tiers). All prices are per million tokens.
| Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3 | $3.75 | $0.3 | $15 |
All Sonnet 4.6 prompts bill at the base per-token rates in the table above, including when context goes above 200k. There is no separate long-context multiplier for Sonnet 4.6.
A thinking variant is available for deeper reasoning.