Anthropic
Claude 4.6 Opus
An AI model designed for complex reasoning and agentic coding tasks with a one million token context window.
Our editorial assessment as of Apr 24, 2026, based on the public sources listed below.
Overall rank
#5
Tier
S
Score
92.0
Main category
Reasoning
Strengths
- Excels at coding workflows and data analysis.
- Features a large 1 million token context window.
- Demonstrates strong performance on adaptive thinking and complex reasoning benchmarks.
Considerations
- High pricing tier may be prohibitive for some use cases.
- The performance gap with the more affordable Sonnet model is described as 'razor-thin'.
Price
$5.00 / 1M input, $25.00 / 1M output tokens
Score breakdown
Performance
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Reputation
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Price
40.0
Recency
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Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
Sources
- TeamAI - The 2026 AI Frontier Model WarAccessed: 2026-04-21
- Anthropic - Claude Opus 4.6 System CardAccessed: 2026-04-21
- BuildMVPFast - Best AI Models April 2026Accessed: 2026-04-21