Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Opus 5.5
Vals Science Index?
Opus 547.9
Opus 5.558.7
| Benchmark | Opus 5 | Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 51.3 | 54.7 |
| Arena Text · overall | 1,490 · max | 1,508 · high |
| Arena Text · Chinese | 1,573.4 · max | 1,583.6 · high |
| Arena Text · English | 1,507.3 · max | 1,516.9 · high |
| Arena Text · French | 1,519.5 · high | 1,505.3 · high |
| Arena Text · instruction following | 1,517.8 · max | 1,535.8 · high |
| Arena Text · non-English | 1,500.5 · max | 1,506.9 · high |
| Arena Text · Russian | 1,507.2 · max | 1,519.1 · high |
| Arena Text · Spanish | 1,519.5 · max | 1,519 · high |
| AA Omniscience Index | 31 | 40.3 |
| SimpleQA Verified v1 | 63.3 | 72.2 · max |
| CritPt (physics) | 26.9 | 27.7 |
| AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2 | 44.8 | 51.2 |
| AA Omniscience · Accuracy | 57.1 | 64.6 |
| AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate | 60.7 | 68.4 |
| AA-LCR (long context) 1.1 | 82 | 84.3 |
| GDP.pdf · AA all-pass | 20 | 25.6 |
| MLCR-AA | 56.1 | 66.7 · max |
| ARC-AGI-1 · public evaluation | 99 · max | 98.3 |
| ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private | 97.5 · max | 97.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 · public evaluation | 97.1 · max | 93.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 · semi-private | 90.4 · max | 87.5 |
| Chess Puzzles | 43 · max | 67 · max |
| FrontierMath Erdos | 0 · max | 2.9 · max |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2) | 73.2 · max | 95 · max |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2) | 85.6 · max | 91.2 · max |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 59 · max | 71 · max |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · June 2026 | 82.6 · max | 83.3 · high |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · June 2026 | 90.7 · max | 100 · high |
| Vals MedCode | 63.6 | 49.8 |
| Vals MedScribe | 91 | 91.4 |
| Vals Legal Research Bench | 55.3 | 50.5 |
| Vals Science Index | 47.9 | 58.7 |
| Arena Text · German | 1,525.9 · max | — |
| Arena Text · Japanese | 1,515.4 · max | — |
| Arena Text · Korean | 1,520.7 · max | — |
| Arena Text · Polish | 1,519.9 · max | — |
| ARC-AGI-3 · semi-private | 30.2 · high | — |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · August 2026 | — | 86 · high |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · May 2026 | — | 81.7 · high |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · September 2026 | — | 82.1 · high |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · August 2026 | — | 77.4 · high |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · May 2026 | — | 95 · high |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · September 2026 | — | 76.7 · high |
| MathArena · ArXivLean · June 2026 | 32.6 · max | — |
| MathArena · ArXivLean · September 2026 | — | 47.2 · high |
| Vals LegalBench | 87 | — |
Specs
| Spec | Opus 5 | Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M | $5 | $4 |
| Output, per 1M | $25 | $20 |
| Cost per task? | $2.19 | $1.34 |
| Speed, tok/s | 55 | 81 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| See images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read PDFs | Partial | ✓ |
| Hear audio | — | — |
| Watch video | — | — |
| Call tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Force a tool call | Partial | — |
| Return strict JSON | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search the web | ? | ✓ |
| Run code | ? | ✓ |
| Use a computer | ? | ✓ |
What breaks when you switch
Opus 5 → Opus 5.5
No forced tool use›
Forced tool_choice any or tool returns HTTP 400; remove the forced choice.
Thinking is always on›
Disabled thinking or a manual budget returns HTTP 400; omit thinking or use adaptive thinking.
Remove sampling parameters›
Non-default temperature, top_p or top_k returns HTTP 400; omit these parameters and use prompting.
No assistant prefill›
Assistant prefill returns HTTP 400; use structured outputs or system instructions, with system instructions on Bedrock.
Old computer tool rejected · Claude API / Google Cloud›
The computer_20251124 tool returns HTTP 400 on the Claude API and Google Cloud; use computer_toolset_20260801 there.
Return thinking blocks unmodified›
Edited, reordered or partially dropped thinking blocks return HTTP 400; echo assistant messages complete and unmodified with tool results.
Opus 5.5 → Opus 5
Nothing known.