Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Amazon Nova Pro
A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.
- PriceAmazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Claude Sonnet 4.6 does not.
- Context windowAmazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 200K, 1.5× the room for long documents and codebases.
- BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
- ModalitiesAmazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro supports 3 modalities (text, vision, video) vs 2 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- OpennessTie
Both are closed-weight, API-only.
On balance Amazon Nova Pro edges ahead, winning 3 of 5 categories against Claude Sonnet 4.6's 0. Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Claude Sonnet 4.6 does not. Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 200K, 1.5× the room for long documents and codebases.
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Claude Sonnet 4.6 handles text, vision while Amazon Nova Pro handles text, vision, video, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both are closed-weight, API-only.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the newer of the two, released 14 months after Amazon Nova Pro, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is usually picked for coding llm and code review workloads, while Amazon Nova Pro sees more deployments in enterprise llm and rag. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Other |
| Released | Jan 2026 | Dec 2024 |
| Modalities | text, vision | text, vision, video |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 300K tokens |
| Max output | , | , |
| Input · 1M | Pricing not published | $0.80 / 1M tokens |
| Output · 1M | Pricing not published | $3.20 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | , | , |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
Pricing at scale
What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs $7.20
- Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs $72.00
- RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs $139
Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).
Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6Pricing unavailable
- Amazon Nova Pro$0.240
Benchmarks compared
Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 fits when…
- Excellent quality-cost ratio
- Strong for code review and writing
- Reliable tool-use
Amazon Nova Pro fits when…
- AWS-native
- Long context
- Multimodal incl. video
- Multimodal needs covering video.
Consider Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic's mid-2026 flagship, ahead on SWE-bench, agent reliability, and writing quality.
Frequently asked
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Amazon Nova Pro cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.Which has the larger context window?
Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 200K for Claude Sonnet 4.6.Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Amazon Nova Pro better for coding?
Both Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Amazon Nova Pro are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.Are either of these models open source?
Neither model ships open weights, both are accessible only via their respective providers' APIs.When were Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Amazon Nova Pro released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released by Anthropic on 2026-01-20. Amazon Nova Pro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.
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