Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)
Anthropic · Multimodal · Released Feb 2026
Claude Sonnet 4.6 optimized for batch processing — asynchronous requests with a 1 million token context window.
- Strengths
- Delivers balanced speed and reasoning capability while reducing latency-sensitive overhead through batch mode processing.
- Best for
- Bulk analysis, document processing, and scheduled workloads where response time is not critical but throughput and cost efficiency matter.
- Limitations
- Asynchronous batch mode introduces processing delays unsuitable for real-time or interactive applications; for immediate responses, use the standard Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Input / 1M
$1.50
Output / 1M
$7.50
Cached input / 1M
$0.15
Context window
1M
Also billed
- Cache write
- $1.88 / 1M
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2026 | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |