Claude Sonnet 4.6 API
About
Build advanced reasoning agents with Claude Sonnet 4.6, a specialized AI model optimized for complex logic and chain-of-thought tasks. This model delivers cost-effective pricing at $3.00/1M input and $15.00/1M output tokens, native tool calling support. Access Claude Sonnet 4.6 via the Vertex (Anthropic) API with up to 128K output tokens.
Capabilities
Input Modalities
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Output Modalities
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Limits
Context Window
1.0M
Tokens
Input Limit
1.0M
Tokens
Max Output
128K
Tokens
Pricing
Standard (per 1M tokens)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Caching (per 1M tokens)
Read
$0.30
Write
$3.75
Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Vertex (Anthropic) costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. Cached reads cost $0.30 per 1M tokens. Cache writes cost $3.75 per 1M tokens.
Model Details
ID
claude-sonnet-4-6@default
Provider
Vertex (Anthropic)Family
claude-sonnet
Release Date
Feb 17, 2026
Knowledge Cutoff
Aug 31, 2025
API Integration
NPM Package
@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic
Environment Variables
GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT
GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS