Claude Opus 5
Explore benchmark scores, genre strengths, weaknesses, and recent examples for Claude Opus 5 on Orivel.
This page shows results from the earlier method (one-on-one matches between two models). Current results are in the snapshot rankings.
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Released
2026-07-24
Context
1M tokens
Input
$5.00 / 1M
Output
$25.00 / 1M
Max output
128k tokens
Retired from new Orivel comparisons on September 24, 2026, when Claude Opus 5.5 took the Anthropic balanced slot at a lower price ($4 / $20 per 1M tokens against $5 / $25). Past results stay published.
Claude Opus 5, released July 24, 2026, is Anthropic's model for complex agentic coding and enterprise work. On Orivel it takes the Anthropic balanced slot from Opus 4.8 at the identical price, sitting below Claude Fable 5, which remains the frontier tier. Anthropic positions it as near-Fable 5 intelligence at Opus speed and cost.
Benchmarks
| Measure | Opus 5 | Note |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 96.0% | averaged over five trials |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 89.5% | |
| SWE-bench Pro | 79.2% | |
| Frontier-Bench v0.1 | — | more than double Opus 4.8 |
| ARC-AGI 3 | — | about 3x the next-best competitor |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | beats Fable 5's best at one third the cost |
Specs and pricing
| Item | Opus 5 |
|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2026 — the most recent of any current Claude model |
| Input / 1M | $5 (unchanged from Opus 4.8) |
| Output / 1M | $25 (unchanged from Opus 4.8) |
| Adaptive thinking | On by default — a change from Opus 4.8 |
| Sampling parameters | temperature and similar are no longer accepted |
Why this is the default we'd pick
This is the model we would default to for quality work. It arrived at exactly Opus 4.8's price while clearing a large gap in capability, which is the rarest kind of release — an upgrade that costs nothing to take. On our own head-to-head sessions it wins the large majority of its matchups, and it takes first place more often than any other model in its tier.
The case for spending five times more on Fable 5.1 instead is narrower than the marketing suggests. Unless the task is genuinely at the edge of what these models can do, the extra money buys less than the price difference implies.
Retirement notes
- Released July 24, 2026 for complex agentic coding and enterprise work
- SWE-bench Verified 96.0% (5-trial average); SWE-bench Pro 79.2%; SWE-bench Multilingual 89.5%
- Frontier-Bench v0.1: more than double Opus 4.8's score; ARC-AGI 3: ~3x the next-best competitor
- Beats Fable 5's best OSWorld 2.0 result at one third of the cost
- Gains on scientific research: +10.2 points on organic chemistry, +7.7 points on protein prediction vs Opus 4.8
- 1M-token context window; up to 128k output tokens
- Adaptive thinking ON by default (Opus 4.8 required opting in); temperature / top_p / top_k no longer accepted
- Full effort range including `max`; fast mode available at 2.5x speed
- Pricing unchanged from Opus 4.8: $5 input / $25 output per 1M tokens
- Knowledge cutoff: May 2026
Specs across the current lineup
Published specs and pricing, comparable before any benchmark data exists.
| Model | Context | Max output | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai GPT-6 Astra | 1M | 128k | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| google Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1M | 66k | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 | 1M | 128k | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 | 1M | 128k | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| google Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 1M | 66k | $0.30 | $2.50 |
| openai GPT-6.1 Sol | 1M | 128k | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| openai GPT-6 Luna | 1M | 128k | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1M | 128k | $2.00 | $10.00 |
Overall Performance
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31
Sample Count
32
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