Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic · Claude · measured on live video
Overshoot API id claude-sonnet-4-6
ClosedReasoningImage + Video
- Rank
- #3of 13
- Intelligence
- 83
- Speed
- 95 tok/s
- TTFT
- 144 ms
- E2E
- 9.2 s
- Blended $/1M
- $6.32
- Params
- –
- Context
- 300k
- License
- Proprietary
- Released
- Jan 2026
Speed, TTFT, E2E, and price at Anthropic API, US East (Virginia) reference region. Rank is position on the VLM Intelligence Index.
Capability breakdown
Intelligence over time
Provider & region options
Fastest loop: Overshoot · US East (Virginia) · 7.5 s end to end.
| Overshoot | US East (Virginia) | 93 tok/s | 85 ms | 7.5 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | US West (Oregon) | 93 tok/s | 94 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | EU West (Ireland) | 93 tok/s | 109 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | EU Central (Frankfurt) | 93 tok/s | 118 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | 93 tok/s | 126 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | 93 tok/s | 143 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | Middle East (Dubai) | 93 tok/s | 148 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Overshoot | South America (São Paulo) | 93 tok/s | 157 ms | 7.6 s | $6.44 | – |
| Anthropic API | US East (Virginia) | 95 tok/s | 144 ms | 9.2 s | $6.32 | – |
| Anthropic API | US West (Oregon) | 95 tok/s | 150 ms | 9.2 s | $6.32 | – |
| Anthropic API | EU West (Ireland) | 95 tok/s | 159 ms | 9.3 s | $6.32 | – |
Sample outputs
Illustrative samples shared across models, not verbatim output from Claude Sonnet 4.6.
“Describe what's happening in this camera frame.”
A forklift is reversing toward loading bay 3 while a worker in a hi-vis vest signals from the left. Two pallets remain unwrapped near the dock edge.
“Read the shipping label and return structured JSON.”
{ "tracking": "1Z A24 9W7 03 8421 990 4", "carrier": "UPS", "weight_kg": 12.4, "dest": "Portland, OR 97204" }
“Point to every person not wearing a hard hat.”
2 detections, [x:0.41, y:0.62, w:0.08, h:0.19] conf 0.94 · [x:0.77, y:0.55, w:0.07, h:0.21] conf 0.88.
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