Claude Sonnet 4
· verified October 13, 2026
legacy paid api vision
Provider
Statuslegacy
AA Intelligence Index18.9 (official, read October 13, 2026)
Released2025-05-22
Context window200K
ModalitiesText + image + files
API price $/1M (in / out)$3 / $15 (OpenRouter)
Speedn/a
AccessAPI $3/$15 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter · listed May 22, 2025
In one line
Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic, measured by Artificial Analysis at 18.9 on the Intelligence Index, 37.6 on coding. Added to WhichAI automatically from live data on October 13, 2026: no editorial review yet, so judge it by the numbers, not by a verdict. OpenRouter's description: “Claude Sonnet 4 significantly enhances the capabilities of its predecessor, Sonnet 3.7, excelling in both coding and reasoning tasks with improved precision and controllability.”
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