Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) or Claude Sonnet 4.5 cheaper?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) and Claude Sonnet 4.5 have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Both have similar output pricing, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global) or Claude Sonnet 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Global)	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Provider	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$15.00
Context window	1M	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Feb 2026	Sep 2025

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