compare/Claude Sonnet 4.6vsImagen 4

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Imagen 4

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Claude Sonnet 4.6
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
Imagen 4
google/imagen-4
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
FamilyClaude 4Imagen
Modalitytextimage
Context window200,000 tok
Max output128,000 tok
Released2026-04-132026-04-14
Input price$3.00 /1M$0.040 /img
Output price$15.00 /1M
Cache read$0.300 /1M
Toolsyes
Streamingyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt cachingyes
Claude Sonnet 4.6
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
Full spec →

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's latest balanced model offering strong coding, reasoning, and agentic capabilities with improved instruction following.

Strengths
  • Best cost/quality ratio for agentic workloads
  • Low latency
  • Strong tool calling
Imagen 4
google/imagen-4
Full spec →

Google's latest image generation model producing high-quality, photorealistic images from text prompts with support for multiple aspect ratios.

Strengths
  • High fidelity
  • Excellent prompt adherence
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Claude Sonnet 4.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Imagen 4 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/imagen-4",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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