Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Release Date
2026-02-17
Availability
Anthropic API
Safety Level
ASL-3

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6 on February 17, 2026. The model is available via the Anthropic API and demonstrates improved performance over Claude Sonnet 4.5 on benchmarks including SWE-bench Verified and GPQA Diamond. It was deployed under AI Safety Level 3 standards.