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Claude Sonnet 4.6

ECI#50
153
Anthropic
Feb. 17, 2026
Closed weights

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a closed-weights model from Anthropic, released February 17, 2026. It has an ECI score of 153 and ranks 50th of 254 tracked models. At the time of its release, it ranked 5th of 175 tracked models.

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ECI scoreBest score 169
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Ranking#50#36#31#48
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