Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 0 categories and Claude Sonnet 4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 46.1 to 29.3.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Anthropic |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 50.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $15 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 57 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.3 (#67)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1504 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 75.2% |
| DeepSWE | — | 29.9% |
| FrontierCode | — | 24.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1522 |
| SciCode | — | 46.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 66.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,327 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: —, Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#28)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 53.4% |
| APEX-Agents | — | 43% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 9.3% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 54.9% |
| OSWorld | — | 72.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 23.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 48.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 18% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1221 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 7,204 |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1484 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 80.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 86.5% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 13% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 76.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 16% |
| DTBench | — | 89.9% |
| LMCA | — | 46.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.24 |
| ForecastBench | — | 62 |
Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 52.9 (#49)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1419 | 1462 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 85.8% |
| ProofBench | — | 45% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 32.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.7 (#65)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 1500 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 35.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: —, Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#68)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1283 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 6.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1482 |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.4 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1440 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1440 |
| LMArena French | — | 1465 |
| LMArena German | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1420 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1464 |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1475 |
Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#44)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1479 |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110), Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1458 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1350 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1464 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1810 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1207 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Claude Sonnet 4.6?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Claude Sonnet 4.6 better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 42.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57.