Claude Sonnet 4 — pricing & specs
Claude Sonnet 4 is a balanced model from Anthropic, at capability tier 6 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-05-28.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-05-28 · AnthropicWhat Claude Sonnet 4 costs in practice
At $15/M output tokens, Claude Sonnet 4 is the 1st-cheapest of 3 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $15/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $18.00 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.054 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $13.50 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $1.77 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-05-28) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Anthropic
- Family
- Claude Sonnet 4
- Capability tier
- 6 / 8
- Size class
- BALANCED
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 700B total · 120B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 200,000 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference NVIDIA Rubin Ultra VR300 at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 6
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$15/M out
- Kimi K3Moonshot$15/M out
- Kimi K2.6Moonshotopen/M out
FAQ
How much does Claude Sonnet 4 cost per token?
Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens (cached input $0.30/M), via Anthropic, as of 2026-05-28.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 expensive?
At $15/M output tokens, Claude Sonnet 4 is the 1st-cheapest of 3 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $15/M.
What does a typical request with Claude Sonnet 4 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Claude Sonnet 4 costs about $0.054, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $13.50.
What is Claude Sonnet 4's context window?
Claude Sonnet 4 supports a 200,000-token context window.
What capability tier is Claude Sonnet 4?
Claude Sonnet 4 sits at capability tier 6 of 8 on the Mintok scale (BALANCED size class).
Is Claude Sonnet 4 open-source or proprietary?
Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model from Anthropic, accessed via API.
Put Claude Sonnet 4 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.