Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic
VS
Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max

Anthropic
Feature Claude Sonnet 5 Claude 4.6 Sonnet Max
AI Lab Anthropic Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 128,000 tokens 16,000 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support Yes Yes
Description Anthropic's next-generation Sonnet: the best combination of speed and intelligence, with a 1M token context window, 128k max output, and always-on adaptive thinking. Big gains in coding and agentic tasks over Sonnet 4.6. The latest Sonnet 4.6 model from Anthropic with effort set to max for highest reasoning and creativity, ideal for complex agentic tasks

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