Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic's flagship at the time, with adaptive thinking that adjusts reasoning depth per task and a focus on agentic coding.
Key Specifications
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 128K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- web search available
- Released
- Inputs
- Text, image
- Capabilities Show details
- Reasoning Thinks before it answers, always on or as a switchable mode. Function calling Connect to external tools, APIs, and systems. Structured output Return responses in structured formats like JSON. Web search Search the web for up-to-date information. Code execution Write and execute code in a sandboxed environment. File upload Process uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and other files. MCP Connect to services via Model Context Protocol.
Hosted API pricing
| Provider | Input /1M tokens | Output /1M tokens | Cached input /1M | Cost at 10M in + 2M out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Anthropic
Creator
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$5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $100.00 | View |
DigitalOcean
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$5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $100.00 | View |
Replicate
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$5.00 | $25.00 | $100.00 | View |
Heads up: Base-tier, on-demand rates per 1M tokens; cached, batch and long-context tiers excluded. A provider may serve a shorter context or a quantized build than the creator's release. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Similarly priced models
The models nearest Claude Opus 4.6 by blended rate, each at its own cheapest provider.
| Model | Blended /1M | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | Cutoff | vs Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPT-5.3-Codex
OpenAI
|
$3.7917 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | Aug 2025 | −54% |
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GPT-5.4
OpenAI
|
$4.5833 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1M | Aug 2025 | −45% |
|
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
|
$5.00 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | Jan 2025 | −40% |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
|
$5.00 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | Aug 2025 | −40% |
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Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
|
$8.3333 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 200K | May 2025 | 0% |
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Claude Opus 4.6
This model
Anthropic
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$8.3333 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | May 2025 | |
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Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
|
$8.3333 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | Jan 2026 | 0% |
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Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
|
$8.3333 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | Jan 2026 | 0% |
|
Claude Opus 5
Anthropic
|
$8.3333 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | May 2026 | 0% |
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GPT-5.5
OpenAI
|
$9.1667 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | Dec 2025 | +10% |
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GPT-4 Turbo
OpenAI
|
$13.3333 | $10.00 | $30.00 | 128K | Dec 2023 | +60% |
Prices are USD per 1M tokens at each model's cheapest listed provider. Blended is the cost of 10M input plus 2M output tokens, spread over the 12M.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Claude Opus 4.6 good for?
Agentic coding, with thinking depth adjusted per task, taking text, images and PDFs. It is priced at Anthropic's Opus tier.
When is Claude Opus 4.6 not a good fit?
New work where a later Opus costs the same: Opus 4.7, 4.8 and 5 match its limits and know more recent events. No audio or video input, text-only output, and closed weights, so no self-hosting.
What is the cheapest way to run Claude Opus 4.6?
The cheapest hosted rate is $5.00 / $25.00 per 1M tokens via Anthropic.
How does Claude Opus 4.6 compare with Claude Opus 4.7?
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.7 beats Claude Opus 4.6 at advanced software engineering, most on the hardest tasks, follows instructions much more precisely, and checks its own output before reporting back. It also sees images at higher resolution and adds an xhigh effort level. Same price, 1M-token context and text and image input. Claude Opus 4.6 came out 2 months earlier and has an older knowledge cutoff (May 2025 against January 2026).
Can I self-host Claude Opus 4.6?
No. Anthropic does not publish the weights; Claude Opus 4.6 is available only through hosted APIs.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Claude Opus 5
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1M | $5.00 | $25.00 |
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Claude Opus 4.7
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1M | $5.00 | $25.00 |
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Claude Opus 4.5
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Claude Sonnet 4
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
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