Claude Opus 5

Jul 2026
Claude Opus 5
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$3.61per task?
$5 / $25per 1M in / outcache $0.50
54 tok/sfirst token in 20 s?
1Mcontext

Rankingat high effort?

Alternatives?

History

9 versions
1,4001,4501,5001,550Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26Release dateArena Text · Instruction following44.14.54.64.74.855.5
1,4001,4501,5001,550Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26Release dateArena Text · Instruction following44.14.54.64.74.855.5

Benchmarks

all categories
Chat & Knowledge
MLCR-AA11.7#48
HLE fulllab56.3
ExploitGymlab22.1
HealthBench Professional length-adjustedlab59.8
Coding
WebDev Arena1,659#11
SciCode55.4#27
SciCode Verified pass@1 n=6lab91.3
Terminal-Bench 3.0lab43.3
ProgramBenchlab37
NL2Repo-Benchlab75.3
Surge Human Eval on Codelab4.2
SWE-rebench · all · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202663.4#3
SWE-rebench · Go · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202673.3#2
SWE-rebench · Java · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202648.6#5
SWE-rebench · Rust · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202661.6#4
SWE-rebench · Python · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202653#3
SWE-rebench · TypeScript · May 15, 2026 to July 1, 202678.3#1
Agents & Tool Use
HLE with toolslab63.6
Automation-Benchlab50.3
Agents Last Examlab28.6
Writing & Language
Vision & Documents
Chartography with toolslab84
BabyVision with toolslab94.1
ZeroBench-main with toolslab52

FAQ

How much does Claude Opus 5 cost?›

$5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.50 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $3.61 at high effort.

Is Claude Opus 5 free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $5 per 1M input tokens.

How good is Claude Opus 5, and what is it best at?›

#9 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #10 of 134 in Coding, #33 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #8 of 197 in Writing & Language, #10 of 125 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge, Vision.

Is Claude Opus 5 better than Claude Opus 4.8?›

On Arena Text · instruction following, Claude Opus 5 scores 1,518.4 vs 1,476.5 — higher.

How can I use Claude Opus 5?›

Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.

What is the context window of Claude Opus 5?›

1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.

When was Claude Opus 5 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-07-24. It has been superseded by Claude Opus 5.5.

Is Claude Opus 5 open source?›

No, Claude Opus 5 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.

Can Claude Opus 5 read images?›

It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.

What is Claude Opus 5?›

Claude Opus 5 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released Jul 2026, the successor to Claude Opus 4.8.

What are the best alternatives to Claude Opus 5?›

Claude Opus 5.5 (cheaper), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).