#11
Claude Opus 5
claude-opus-5Helpfulness
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 72 tok/s
Overall Assistant Score
An average score combining the 5 main categories.
93.00 pts
Rank #11
90th Percentile
0
Novice
33
Capable
66
Proficient
100
Expert
Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's July 2026 Opus flagship—near–Fable 5 intelligence at half the price, and the new default on Claude Max. Our assistant tests treat it like a distilled Fable that actually finishes work: outstanding helpfulness, instruction following, and comprehension for everyday tasks and long agent runs, with Fable-adjacent warmth. Creative writing is the clear miss—prose comes out flatter and less literary than Fable 5 or recent Opus releases, so we score it poorly there on purpose. Reach for Opus 5 when you want frontier judgment without Mythos pricing; pick Fable when voice and fiction matter.
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