Head-to-Head Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

Revisado por el equipo de investigación de GetInfoUsÚltima revisión: October 2026Política editorial

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Claude Opus 4.6

Motor de Razonamiento Profundo

Claude Opus 4.6 de Anthropic es un modelo de IA diseñado para razonamiento lógico profundo, matemáticas avanzadas y resolución científica paso a paso, con ventana de contexto de 1M, velocidad de 55 tokens/s, índice de inteligencia de 65/100

Intelligence Index65 / 100

Input Token:

$5.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$25.00 / 1M

Context Window:

1M tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

78.4%

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Claude Sonnet 4.6

Modelo Insignia de Frontera

Claude Sonnet 4.6 de Anthropic es un modelo de IA diseñado para razonamiento empresarial de frontera, programación avanzada y flujos de producción, con ventana de contexto de 1M, velocidad de 92 tokens/s, índice de inteligencia de 60/100 y

Intelligence Index60 / 100

Input Token:

$3.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$15.00 / 1M

Context Window:

1M tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

76.1%

Diferencias Clave de un Vistazo

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is 1.7x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 92 tok/s vs 55 tok/s.
Claude Opus 4.6 leads on SWE-bench coding (78.4% vs 76.1%).

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Característica	Claude Opus 4.6	Claude Sonnet 4.6
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)	65	60
Provider	Anthropic	Anthropic
Input Price Cost per million input tokens	$5.00 / 1M	$3.00 / 1M
Output Price Cost per million output tokens	$25.00 / 1M	$15.00 / 1M
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M	$3.85 / 1M	$2.31 / 1M
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens	1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text	1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens Per single request	128K	128K
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second	55 tok/s	92 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering	78.4%	76.1%
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning	76.5%	74%
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens	$0.50 / 1M	$0.30 / 1M

¿Quién gana en cada área?

At-a-glance decision framework

Código

Claude Opus 4.6

+2.3% SWE-bench lead

Costo

Claude Sonnet 4.6

1.7x cheaper monthly runtime

Velocidad

Claude Sonnet 4.6

+67% faster generation

Contexto

Tied

1M tokens window

Puntuaciones de Benchmarks Verificadas

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

Claude Opus 4.6Claude Sonnet 4.6

SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

78.4%vs76.1%

GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

76.5%vs74%

MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

88.2%vs86.7%

LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1395ptsvs1380pts

Terminal-Bench (Agentic Coding & Terminal Use)

Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.

51.4%vs47.8%

Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

55 tok/s vs92 tok/s

Latencia y Tiempo de Respuesta

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better

Claude Opus 4.61.90s

Claude Sonnet 4.60.65s

Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time

Claude Opus 4.610.99s

Claude Sonnet 4.66.08s

Simulador Interactivo de Costos de Tokens

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

Daily Input Tokens100K / day

10K500K1M

Daily Output Tokens30K / day

5K150K300K

Prompt Cache Hit Ratio50% cached

0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)

Claude Opus 4.6 Monthly API Bill

$30.75 / month

$5/1M in · $25/1M out

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Monthly API Bill

$18.45 / month

$3/1M in · $15/1M out

Claude Sonnet 4.6 saves approximately $12.30 / month (40%) under this workload.1.7x Savings

Claude Opus 4.6 · Strengths & Key Advantages

Ventana de contexto de 1M con hasta 128K tokens de salida máxima (SWE-bench Verified 78.4% · GPQA Diamond 76.5%)
Rendimiento ágil de 55 tokens/segundo con latencia inicial (TTFT) de solo 1900 ms
Economía de API competitiva ($5/$25 por 1M de tokens) con soporte para caché de prompts y salidas JSON estructuradas

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modelo propietario en la nube; no permite descargar los pesos para ejecución local sin conexión
En volúmenes masivos de tokens, se recomienda activar el caché de prompts y Batch API para optimizar costos

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · Strengths & Key Advantages

Ventana de contexto de 1M con hasta 128K tokens de salida máxima (SWE-bench Verified 76.1% · GPQA Diamond 74%)
Rendimiento ágil de 92 tokens/segundo con latencia inicial (TTFT) de solo 650 ms
Economía de API competitiva ($3/$15 por 1M de tokens) con soporte para caché de prompts y salidas JSON estructuradas

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modelo propietario en la nube; no permite descargar los pesos para ejecución local sin conexión
En volúmenes masivos de tokens, se recomienda activar el caché de prompts y Batch API para optimizar costos

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

Metric	Claude Opus 4.6	Claude Sonnet 4.6
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task	$5.49	$3.29
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task	72K	72K
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task	37K	37K

Especificaciones Técnicas

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6: Respuestas Rápidas (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, Claude Opus 4.6 or Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Claude Opus 4.6 is more intelligent. It scores 65 compared with 60 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster, generating 92 tokens per second compared with 55 tokens per second.

Which model is cheaper to run?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is cheaper at $2.31 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $3.85 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).

Which model has lower latency?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.65s compared with 1.90s.

Veredicto

Tanto Claude Opus 4.6 (Ideal para razonamiento lógico profundo, matemáticas avanzadas y resolución científica paso a paso, sistemas RAG empresariales y automatización mediante API.) como Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ideal para razonamiento empresarial de frontera, programación avanzada y flujos de producción, sistemas RAG empresariales y automatización mediante API.) destacan en producción: Claude Opus 4.6 lidera en inteligencia general y programación, Claude Sonnet 4.6 ofrece mayor velocidad de generación de tokens y Claude Sonnet 4.6 resulta más rentable para cargas de trabajo API de alto volumen.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es mejor para programación y razonamiento, Claude Opus 4.6 o Claude Sonnet 4.6?+

En las pruebas de inteligencia compuesta y resolución de código, Claude Opus 4.6 obtiene la ventaja. Puedes revisar la tabla SWE-bench y GPQA arriba para comparar cada métrica.

¿Cuánto cuesta la API de Claude Opus 4.6 frente a Claude Sonnet 4.6?+

Claude Opus 4.6 cuesta $5.00 / $25.00 por millón de tokens de entrada/salida, mientras que Claude Sonnet 4.6 cuesta $3.00 / $15.00. En costo combinado, Claude Sonnet 4.6 es la opción más económica.

¿Qué modelo tiene mayor ventana de contexto y menor latencia?+

Claude Opus 4.6 cuenta con 1M tokens de contexto frente a 1M tokens de Claude Sonnet 4.6. En velocidad de inferencia, Claude Sonnet 4.6 ofrece un rendimiento superior.

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Tokens & Pricing Context Window AI Benchmarks Reasoning Models Tool Calling Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Característica	Claude Opus 4.6	Claude Sonnet 4.6
Official API Model ID (SDK)	claude-opus-4-6-20260201	claude-sonnet-4-6-20260201
API Protocol	Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI	Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI
Release Date	2026-02	2026-02
Knowledge Cutoff	December 2025	December 2025
Architecture	Megacontext Frontier Reasoning Transformer	High-Throughput Multimodal Agent Transformer
Parameters	Confidential	Confidential
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)	4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM	4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)	Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens	Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens
Prompt Cache Policy & TTL	$0.5/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL	$0.3/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL
Computer Use / GUI Agent	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Sandbox	Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors	Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors
Official Fine-Tuning Support	Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation	Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation
Multimodal Token Billing	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAM	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
Safety & Frontier Classification	Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated	Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Input Modalities	text, vision	text, vision
Output Modalities	text	text

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

Cambia y Compara Cualquier Modelo

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

¿Quién gana en cada área?

Puntuaciones de Benchmarks Verificadas

Latencia y Tiempo de Respuesta

Simulador Interactivo de Costos de Tokens

Claude Opus 4.6 · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Especificaciones Técnicas

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6: Respuestas Rápidas (FAQ)

Veredicto

Preguntas frecuentes

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