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| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 4.6claude-sonnet-4-6 | GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra | Claude Fable 5.1claude-fable-5.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Input | $2.40 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Output | $12.00 / 1M | $50.00 / 1M | $50.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $3.00 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M | $12.50 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $4.80 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M | $20.00 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $0.24 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M | $1.00 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | |||
| Max context | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | |||
| Vision | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | |||
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Category | chat | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — | — |
| Description | |||
| Summary | Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model, delivering frontier-level performance across coding, agent workflows, and professional knowledge tasks. It excels at iterative development, complex codebase navigation, and end-to-end project execution, supported by strong contextual understanding and persistent task handling. Beyond engineering tasks, Sonnet 4.6 produces polished documents and analyses while demonstrating reliable computer-use capabilities for web QA, workflow automation, and structured productivity workflows, making it well suited for both development and professional applications. | GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI's flagship model for demanding end-to-end professional work, designed for advanced analysis, software engineering, deep research, scientific tasks, and document creation. It is particularly strong in long-horizon agentic workflows, including tasks that require sustained reasoning, tool orchestration, and computer and browser use, making it well suited for complex autonomous workflows and production-grade knowledge work. | Claude Fable 5.1 is an upgraded version of Fable 5, delivering broad improvements with particularly strong gains in agentic coding, long-running workflows, and professional knowledge work. It excels at large code refactors, front-end and visual code generation, financial analysis, and complex analytical tasks. Compared with Fable 5, it also produces more concise plans and summaries while maintaining strong performance across extended tasks, making it a natural upgrade for existing Fable workflows and a strong option alongside Opus 5 for reasoning-intensive applications. |