Anthropic
Claude Opus 5 pricing and benchmarks
Anthropic’s model for complex agentic coding and enterprise work.
Input
$5.00
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.50
per 1M tokens
Output
$25.00
per 1M tokens
Capability index
162.3
#3 of 16 tracked
How capable is Claude Opus 5?
Claude Opus 5 scores 162.3 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (confidence interval 159.9–165.7), ranking #3 of the 16 rated models we track. It is a best-value pick: no cheaper model we track scores higher.
| Benchmark | Tests | Score |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Science reasoning | 91.8% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1–3) | Advanced math | 85.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | Factual accuracy | 59.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Abstract reasoning | 90.4% |
| DeepSWE | Coding | 73.6% |
| APEX-Agents | Agentic work | 43.5% |
Source: Epoch AI (as “Claude Opus 5”), best recorded result, CC BY 4.0. A dash means no published score. Compare all models
What Claude Opus 5 costs in practice
| Workload | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
Support chatbot 100,000 replies a month, ~1,500 input tokens (system prompt + history) and ~400 output tokens each. | $1,750 |
Document Q&A (RAG) 50,000 questions a month with ~8,000 tokens of retrieved context and ~600 output tokens each. | $2,750 |
Coding agent 10,000 agent steps a month, ~40,000 input tokens each (70% read from the prompt cache) and ~2,000 output tokens. | $1,240 |
Pricing details
- Cache writes cost $6.25 (5-minute cache) or $10 (1-hour cache) per 1M tokens.
- Uses Anthropic’s newer tokenizer, which produces roughly 30% more tokens for the same text.
- US-only inference (inference_geo: "us") costs 1.1x.
Estimate your Claude Opus 5 bill
- Claude Opus 5Anthropic$2,750/mo$0.06 / request
Standard-tier list prices. Long-context rates apply automatically where the provider publishes a threshold. Excludes cache-write surcharges, taxes, batch and volume discounts.