Data points: 112
Model compare
The readout for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Llama 4 Scout, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Sonnet 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 92 to 8.
Evidence depth
112 data points
Includes 20 benchmark rows, 1 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Sonnet 4.6
The charts below split 27 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Llama 4 Scout: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 92.0 pts | 8.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 6 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | Average speed, First-token latency |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.3M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Meta |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Apr 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | 17B |
| Tokenizer | Claude | Llama4 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2024-08-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | meta-llama/llama-4-scout |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Llama 4 Scout: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout has these operational advantages: Average speed, First-token latency.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Sonnet 4.6
53
Avg. score
Llama 4 Scout
39.3
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 20.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 22.2
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 8.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 31.5
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 8.9
No data
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 0.5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner63.0
Rank #28/91 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
43.0
Rank #83/91 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$6.00/M
Rank #144/170 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.300/M
Rank #25/170 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$3.00/M
Rank #144/170 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.180/M
Rank #25/170 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$15.00/M
Rank #144/170 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
winner$0.660/M
Rank #26/170 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner87.5%
Rank #35/195 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
58.7%
Rank #154/195 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner30.0%
Rank #36/194 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
4.3%
Rank #157/194 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.2%
Rank #57/113 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
75.2%
Rank #72/113 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner57.7
Rank #68/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
25.8
Rank #89/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.8%
Rank #33/192 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Scout
17.0%
Rank #187/192 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.9
Rank #36/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
17.0
Rank #101/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner49.7
Rank #33/58 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
25.5
Rank #56/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner38.0
Rank #33/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
14.6
Rank #92/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
65.9
Rank #57/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
winner78.3
Rank #42/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner35.9
Rank #48/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
10.0
Rank #97/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.9
Rank #68/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
58.7
Rank #92/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner13.2
Rank #68/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
4.3
Rank #89/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner1310.0
Rank #11/69 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
775.0
Rank #69/69 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner70.6
Rank #44/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
52.9
Rank #58/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner41.2
Rank #69/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
39.5
Rank #72/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.5
Rank #56/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Scout
15.5
Rank #83/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 89 56100100100 | Llama 4 Scout meta-llama/llama-4-scout No audit yet |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
10 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4.6 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 6386ms input / output $0.100/request | Llama 4 Scout llama-4-scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0.010/request |
5 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 55 tok/s / 2094ms input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Scout speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0.288/M/$1.44/M | Llama 4 Scout llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct speed / latency No data input / output $0/M |
Weighted outcome: Claude Sonnet 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
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