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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

WizardLM-2 8x22B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
WizardLM-2 8x22B
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Speed
Claude Sonnet 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6WizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$3.00$0.62 WizardLM-2 8x22B
Output (per 1M tokens)$15.00$0.62 WizardLM-2 8x22B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.30N/A Claude Sonnet 4.6
Cache Write (per 1M)$3.75N/A Claude Sonnet 4.6
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, WizardLM-2 8x22B is 90% cheaper overall.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Providers

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WizardLM-2 8x22B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 Wins
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WizardLM-2 8x22B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6WizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
42.633.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
43.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-40.0-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
79.717.6
Aider
Real-world code editing
-44.4-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-48.6-
Claude Sonnet 4.6 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Sonnet 4.6
1,000,000
tokens
WizardLM-2 8x22B
65,535
tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 93% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6WizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Tokens/second56.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token1.07sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.6WizardLM-2 8x22B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.6WizardLM-2 8x22B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicMicrosoft
ReleasedFeb 2026Apr 2024

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

WizardLM-2 8x22B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

WizardLM-2 8x22B has cheaper input pricing at $0.62/M tokens. WizardLM-2 8x22B has cheaper output pricing at $0.62/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 43.0, compared to WizardLM-2 8x22B's score of N/A.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while WizardLM-2 8x22B has a 65,535 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports vision. WizardLM-2 8x22B does not support vision.