Anthropic's balanced tier. 1M context, vision, agentic tool use, prompt caching. The default workhorse.
Modalities
Text+Image → Text
Below release
Not established
Weights
Not published
Where it sits in the catalogue Kyma measures
Every number against every text model Kyma prices per token — a stated rule, not a chosen line-up.
$4.05
output $20.25 · cached $0.405
median $1.009 · best $0.0494
$20.25
per 1M tokens generated
median $3.528 · best $0.2164
93.63%
377 observations since 2026-05-02
median 93.2% · best 100.0%
31.1 tok/s
probe median, one fixed prompt
median 39.7 tok/s · best 324.4 tok/s
1.92 s
probe median, to a complete answer
median 2.54 s · best 0.86 s
1M
max output 128,000
published by Anthropic, not measured here
Tick above each rail is this model, below it the other 68. Dashed rule is the field median, solid is its best. Better is left; the axis stops at the 90th percentile, so a few models sit past its right edge.
Usage
How much this model is actually called here.
Rank
#52
of 98 active models
Tokens served
827.1K
all-time
Platform share
0.0%
of all tokens
Pricing
Pay per token. Cached input bills at this model’s own cached rate, listed below.
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Estimated monthly cost
$481
$16.04 / day on Claude Sonnet 4.6
Same workload on:
Estimates use list pricing with cached input at this model's own cached rate. Actual bills depend on real token counts, and every response includes its exact cost.
How it compares
Against the peers people actually weigh it against.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Claude Fable 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $4.05 | $13.50 | $13.50 |
| Output /1M | $20.25 | $67.50 | $67.50 |
| Context | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Throughput | 31.1 tok/s | 12.9 tok/s | 16.3 tok/s |
Quick start
Up and running in under two minutes.
- 1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard. Claude Sonnet 4.6 needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.
Get API key → - 2
Make your first request
Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."} ] }' - 3
Stream responses
Add
"stream": trueto receive tokens as they arrive.curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6", "stream": true, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
FAQ
Common questions about this model.
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