Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5Alternatives?
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OpenDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017max+6%-76%$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
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MiniMax M3unstatedOpen+3%-95%$0.30 / $1.20Context: 1M → 524K+2Claude Sonnet 5.5max+9%+397%$5.46No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5.5max+3%+445%$5.98No forced tool use+5Claude Sonnet 5xhigh+3%+161%$2.87Claude Opus 4.7xhigh+3%—$5 / $25Claude Haiku 5.5max+2%-81%$0.21Remove sampling parameters+5Claude Opus 4.8lowsame—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.6maxsame—$5 / $25Claude Sonnet 4.6high-5%—$3 / $15All Anthropic models →History
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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 $1.10 at low 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?›
#30 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #25 of 134 in Coding, #35 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #5 of 197 in Writing & Language, #21 of 125 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge, Vision.
Is Claude Opus 5 better than Claude Opus 4.8?›
On GPQA Diamond · Epoch, Claude Opus 5 scores 93.9 vs 91 — higher. It is 73% 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 It has been superseded by Claude Opus 5.5.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 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017.
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?›
GPT-6.1 Sol (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (open weights).