Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5Rankingat xhigh effort?
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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 $4.88 at xhigh 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?›
#7 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #9 of 132 in Coding, #31 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #10 of 195 in Writing & Language, #5 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 DeepSWE 1.1, Claude Opus 5 scores 73.6 vs 59 — higher. It is 20% more expensive 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 It has been superseded by Claude Opus 5.5.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 GLM 5.3.
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 Astra (cheaper), GLM 5.3 (open weights).