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Claude Opus 4.6
claude-opus-4-6
0.0
Helpfulness
Instruction Following
Comprehension
Empathy
Creative Writing
Helpfulness
0.0
Instruction Following
0.0
Comprehension
0.0
Empathy
0.0
Creative Writing
0.0
Speed
Avg 45 tok/s
Release Date
February 5, 2026
Lab
Anthropic
Type
Proprietary
Context Size
200K
Max Output Tokens
128K
Cost per 1 million tokens
$5.00 / $25.00
Model Inputs*
Text, Images
Model Outputs*
Text
Tool Calling*
Enabled
Overall Assistant Score
An average score combining the 5 main categories.
93.18 pts
Rank #1
100th Percentile
0
Novice
33
Capable
66
Proficient
100
Expert
Claude Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s most intelligent frontier model, engineered to redefine the limits of agentic coding, complex reasoning, and long-context analysis. Featuring a pioneer 1M-token context window, it excels at navigating massive codebases and executing multi-step autonomous workflows with unparalleled precision and consistency. While optimizing for deep thinking over raw speed, it delivers production-ready reliability and nuanced empathy, making it the premier choice for high-stakes enterprise research, sophisticated legal analysis, and advanced software engineering.

Intelligence

Overall Score; Higher is better

Claude Opus…
Gemini 3.1 …
Claude Opus…
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Sonn…
GPT 5.1
o3
GPT 5.2
GLM 5
GPT 5

Speed

Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better

Gemini 2.5 …
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Gemini 3 Pro
o3
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DeepSeek V3…
Kimi K2 Thi…
DeepSeek V3…
DeepSeek R1

Price

USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better

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GPT 4o
Claude Sonn…
Grok 3
Grok 4
Claude Opus…
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ChatGPT 4o
Claude Opus…
o1

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o3
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GLM 5
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