flagshipAnthropicยทReleased 2026-09

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic's current Opus model, built for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work. Anthropic suggests it as the starting point for most workloads.

Pricing verified October 20, 2026 ยท source

Key specifications

VendorAnthropic
Tierflagship
Context window1M tokens
Pricing$4 / $20 per 1M tokens (input/output)
Released2026-09
Categories
Text GenerationAdvanced ReasoningCode GenerationMultimodalEnterprise

Note: Verified 2026-10-20: model page shows Status "Active (latest)", released September 22, 2026, $4 / $20 per MTok, 1M context, 128K max output, retirement not sooner than September 22, 2027.

Key features

  • โ€ขCurrent Opus model
  • โ€ขAdaptive thinking (always on)
  • โ€ข1M-token context window with 128K max output
  • โ€ขCache reads at $0.20 per 1M tokens
  • โ€ขAvailable on the Claude API, Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry and Claude Platform on AWS

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