Claude Sonnet 4.5
· verified October 3, 2026
public paid api vision long-context
Provider
Statuspublic
AA Intelligence Index20.7 (official, read October 3, 2026)
Released2025-09-29
Context window1M
ModalitiesText + image + files
API price $/1M (in / out)$3 / $15 (OpenRouter)
Speedn/a
AccessAPI $3/$15 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter · listed September 29, 2025
In one line
Claude Sonnet 4.5 by Anthropic, measured by Artificial Analysis at 20.7 on the Intelligence Index, 52.1 on coding and 15.8 on agentic work. Added to WhichAI automatically from live data on October 3, 2026: no editorial review yet, so judge it by the numbers, not by a verdict. OpenRouter's description: “Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most advanced Sonnet model to date, optimized for real-world agents and coding workflows.”
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