Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

most intelligent Opus for agents and coding.

cmd --model claude-opus-5-5
Intelligence index
57.6
Output speed
not yet scored
Input
$4 /M
Output
$20 /M
Cache read
$0.20 /M
Agent-loop cost
$1.34 /M in
Context window
1M tokens
Released
September 22, 2026
Modalities
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vs. the lineup

Claude Opus 5.5 beside its stablemates and nearest rivals. The ◆ marks the best value in each column across every row shown.

pin a rival:
ModelIntelligenceCodingSpeedInput $/MOutput $/MBlended $/MContext
Claude Opus 5.5 ◆57.6◆——$4$20$81M◆
Claude Fable 5.153.481.6◆66.8$10$50$201M◆
Claude Opus 550.87853.7$5$25$101M◆
Claude Fable 549.676.5—$10$50$201M◆
Claude Sonnet 538.271.582.8◆$2$10$41M◆
Claude Sonnet 4.630.163—$3$15$61M◆
DeepSeek V4 Pro (latest)pinned3668.878.6$0.66$1.98$0.991M◆
DeepSeek V4 Flash (latest)pinned3469.1—$0.15◆$0.60◆$0.26◆1M◆

coding performance

The Intelligence Index and its sub-scores, ranked against every scored model in the catalog. A metric that has not been measured for Claude Opus 5.5 has been left empty.

Intelligence Index
57.6
#1 of 67 scored
Long-context reasoning
84.7
reasoning across a long context
SciCode
66.9
scientific coding

usage calculator

How far a month of credits goes on Claude Opus 5.5.

Claude Opus 5.5 runs on Max and up — from $100/mo.
Input tokensfresh prompt
800
Output tokensmodel reply
180
Cache read tokensre-read context
50K
cost / request $0.017 · in $4 · out $20 · cache $0.20 per M
fresh input 19%output 21%cache reads 60%
Requests / 30 days
6.0K
$100 credits ÷ $0.017 per request
~1.2K quick fixes~238 bug fixes~40 feature PRs

what real work costs

Real coding tasks priced end to end on Claude Opus 5.5, from a quick lookup to a full-repo agent run.

One agent task
$0.45
180K in at 75% cache hit, 12K out
What you pay
$2.33 /M
all-in across every token that task touched
Sticker input
$4 /M
cache reads bill at $0.20 /M instead
TaskTokens in · outClaude Opus 5.5Claude Haiku 4.5
Quick lookup / one-liner8K · 1K$0.02$0.0065
Review a 500-line PR60K · 4K$0.16$0.04
Fix a bug (agent loop)180K · 12K$0.45$0.12
Refactor a module320K · 20K$0.80$0.21
Full-repo agent run900K · 45K$1.83$0.49

frequently asked

How much does Claude Opus 5.5 cost?
$4/M input and $20/M output, cache reads $0.20/M. In an agent loop most input is cache-read, so the effective input rate is about $1.34/M.
Which plan do I need?
Available on Max and above.
How do I switch to it?
Run cmd --model claude-opus-5-5, or type /model in a session and pick it. You can switch mid-session without losing context.

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