Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs UI-TARS-72B-DPO

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a general-purpose language model from Anthropic, released in February 2026 as an update to the Sonnet 4 line that introduced adaptive thinking — a mode where the model automatically calibrates its reasoning depth based on task complexity rather than requiring manual configuration by the developer. The model accepts text and image inputs and integrates natively with web search and code execution tools, consolidating capabilities that previously required separate toolchain setup into a unified API surface. It became the primary workhorse model in the Claude 4 series for code assistance, agentic pipelines, and retrieval-augmented applications that benefit from built-in web access.

ByteDance

UI-TARS-72B-DPO, released by ByteDance in early 2025, is a 72 billion parameter multimodal large language model from the UI-TARS family, built on Qwen-2-VL and fine-tuned for automated GUI interaction and computer control. It features native understanding of screenshots, UI elements, and web interfaces, achieving strong results across GUI benchmarks for perception, grounding, and agentic control. UI-TARS-72B-DPO targets computer-use agents, web automation, and applications requiring robust visual UI reasoning.