Claude Opus 5

Jul 2026
Claude Opus 5
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$3.61per task?
$5 / $25per 1M in / outcache $0.50
51 tok/sfirst token in 21 s?
1Mcontext

Rankingat high effort?

Alternatives?

History

9 versions
204060Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26Release dateHumanity's Last Exam44.14.54.64.74.855.5
204060Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26Release dateHumanity's Last Exam44.14.54.64.74.855.5

Benchmarks

all categories
Chat & Knowledge
MLCR-AA59.4#6
HLE fulllab56.3
ExploitGymlab22.1
HealthBench Professional length-adjustedlab59.8
Coding
WebDev Arena1,659#11
SciCode55.4#26
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 · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0163.4#3
SWE-rebench · Go · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0173.3#2
SWE-rebench · Java · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0148.6#5
SWE-rebench · Rust · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0161.6#4
SWE-rebench · Python · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0153#3
SWE-rebench · TypeScript · 2026-05-15 to 2026-07-0178.3#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 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #9 of 132 in Coding, #31 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #10 of 195 in Writing & Language, #9 of 124 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 Humanity's Last Exam, Claude Opus 5 scores 54.9 vs 48.7 — higher. It is 11% cheaper per task.

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 It has been superseded by Claude Opus 5.5.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?›

Gemini 4 Argon (cheaper), Claude Opus 5.5 (better), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).