Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking) vs Claude 4.6 Opus Max

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Anthropic
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Claude 4.6 Opus Max

Claude 4.6 Opus Max

Anthropic
Feature Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking) Claude 4.6 Opus Max
AI Lab Anthropic Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 64,000 tokens 125,000 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support Yes Yes
Description The latest Claude 4.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic with maximum reasoning enabled, 200k reasoning tokens in 1M context. The latest Opus 4.6 model from Anthropic with effort set to max for highest reasoning and creativity, ideal for complex agentic tasks

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