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AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6

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Claude Opus 4.6 is an Anthropic Claude model for reasoning, coding, multimodal analysis, and tool-using agents.

Token context
1,000K tokens
Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
Released
Feb 5, 2026

Benchmark Market Position

Intelligence, Cost, and Efficiency

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Intelligence

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Cost

Rank #27 of 36

  1. $0.0020Grok Build 0.1
  2. $0.0060DeepSeek V4 Flash
  3. $0.0087GLM 5.3 Flash
  4. $0.017MiniMax M3
  5. $0.026GPT-5.6 Luna
  6. $0.028Grok 4.3
  7. $0.029Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
  8. $0.035DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
  9. $0.054DeepSeek V4 Pro
  10. $0.055Gemini 3.6 Flash
  11. $0.056GLM 5.2
  12. $0.057Qwen3.7 Max
  13. $0.058GPT-5.4 Nano
  14. $0.063Grok 4.5
  15. $0.085Gemini 3.7 Flash
  16. $0.086Qwen3.8 27B
  17. $0.095Kimi K2.6
  18. $0.097Grok 4.6
  19. $0.107Qwen3.8 Max
  20. $0.117GPT-5.6 Sol
  21. $0.140Gemini 3.5 Flash
  22. $0.161Gemini 3.1 Pro
  23. $0.161GPT-5.2
  24. $0.194Kimi K3
  25. $0.198Claude Sonnet 4.6
  26. $0.214GPT-5.4 Mini
  27. $0.241Claude Opus 4.6
  28. $0.248GLM 5.3
  29. $0.266GPT-5.6 Terra
  30. $0.274GPT-5.4
  31. $0.286Claude Opus 4.7
  32. $0.341GPT-5.5
  33. $0.371Claude Opus 5
  34. $0.380Claude Opus 4.5
  35. $0.604Claude Opus 4.8
  36. $1.01Claude Fable 5
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Efficiency

Not ranked in current cohort

Efficiency not rankedBoth a complete intelligence score and a comparable cost estimate are required.
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The orange outline marks Claude Opus 4.6. Each available panel preserves its real rank and value; missing benchmark or pricing inputs remain explicitly unranked.

Providers & Pricing

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ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache read / 1MCache write / 1MObservedEvidence
$5.00$25.00$0.50—Sep 3, 2026Provider-reported

Benchmarks

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ARC-AGI-1verified-v1-2aa739d957fc94.00percent——Claude Opus 4.6 (120K, High)unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ARC-AGI-2verified-v2-b5cb5ec6e8c769.17percent——Claude Opus 4.6 (120K, High)unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LiveBench2026-06-2578.69percent9,6511,270claude-opus-4-6-thinking-auto-high-effortaverage per caseRecomputedwinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-08-31-0115087206965.22score—36,365Claude Opus 4.6; 95% CI [3.87284067, 6.56107425]; sessions 36365; observations 1299912; rank 17unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-0115087206961,509.94rating—37,271claude-opus-4-6; 95% CI [1503.54038690, 1516.34687585]; votes 37271; rank 2unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-0115087206961,505.91rating—24,973claude-opus-4-6-thinking; 95% CI [1498.85646357, 1512.96777060]; votes 24973; rank 3unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-08-24-0115087206961,253.42rating—134,699claude-opus-4-6-search; 95% CI [1248.44594166, 1258.38585709]; votes 134699; rank 2unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-0115087206961,503.04rating—72,110claude-opus-4-6-high; 95% CI [1499.54337414, 1506.53767621]; votes 72110; rank 3unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-0115087206961,497.70rating—76,032claude-opus-4-6; 95% CI [1494.29292018, 1501.10380984]; votes 76032; rank 4unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-0115087206961,314.76rating—20,883claude-opus-4-6-high; 95% CI [1308.09508754, 1321.42085055]; votes 20883; rank 5unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-0115087206961,311.43rating—25,210claude-opus-4-6; 95% CI [1304.90444379, 1317.95290154]; votes 25210; rank 7unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d84.21points2,60750Claude Opus 4.6average per caseOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark

At a Glance

Model Facts

Identity

Status
active
Developer ID
claude-opus-4-6
Released
Feb 5, 2026
Version
Claude Opus 4.6
License
Unknown

Capacity

Token context
1,000K tokens
Maximum output
128K tokens
Total parameters
Unknown
Active parameters
Unknown
Knowledge cutoff
May 1, 2025

Interface and Access

Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
API available
Yes
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
Reasoning
Yes
Vision
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Capabilities
chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, tools

This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.

Version Lineage

PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesclaude-opus-4-6

Explicit Unknowns

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  • Tokenizer

Primary Evidence

Sources and Observation Date

Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Platform DocsAnthropic · observed Sep 3, 2026Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Platform DocsAnthropic · observed Sep 3, 2026Anthropic catalogAnthropic · observed Sep 4, 2026

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Questions

Claude Opus 4.6 FAQs

What is Claude Opus 4.6?+

Claude Opus 4.6 is an Anthropic Claude model for reasoning, coding, multimodal analysis, and tool-using agents. It is developed by Anthropic and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.

What inputs and outputs does Claude Opus 4.6 support?+

Claude Opus 4.6's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.

How much context does Claude Opus 4.6 support?+

The current record lists a 1,000K-token context window and a maximum output of 128K tokens.

Is Claude Opus 4.6 available through an API?+

Claude Opus 4.6 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Anthropic.

How much does Claude Opus 4.6 cost through an API?+

The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Claude Opus 4.6 are $5.00 per million input tokens through Anthropic and $25.00 per million output tokens through Anthropic. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.

What capabilities and tasks does Claude Opus 4.6 support?+

Claude Opus 4.6's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, and tools. Its supported tasks are image, reasoning, and text.

Can Claude Opus 4.6 be self-hosted?+

Claude Opus 4.6 is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.

Does Claude Opus 4.6 have related versions or aliases?+

No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are claude-opus-4-6.

Which models can Claude Opus 4.6 be compared with?+

The current compatible peer set includes GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and Grok 4.6. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →

How current is the Model Markets record for Claude Opus 4.6?+

Claude Opus 4.6 was last verified Sep 3, 2026 from Anthropic's primary source, “Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Platform Docs.” The evidence is classified as official fact.

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