Claude Opus 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6
Head to head on 28 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic | 67.0% | 1804elo | 77.7 | 40.7% | 84.0% | 19.1% | 44.6% | 84.9% | 78.8% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 63.3% | 83.3% | 89.3% | 88.7% | 48.2% | 86.7% | 68.5% | 50.0% | 51.6% | 45.7% | 44.5 | 72.0% | 75.6% | 76.0% | 48.5% | 57.6% | 84.8% | - | 99.79 | 56.1% | 1.5 | - | 2.08 | 71.0% | - | - | 1223elo | - | - | - | 88771 | 58 | - | 78.5% | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | 80.6 | 66.5% |
| Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic | 61.3% | 1683elo | 73.1 | 20.7% | 81.0% | 13.2% | 43.0% | 83.5% | 78.1% | 79.7% | 74.4% | 62.5% | 81.3% | 90.4% | 80.1% | 45.2% | 83.2% | 68.7% | 36.0% | 45.0% | 47.0% | 45.3 | 70.7% | 79.2% | 74.3% | 40.9% | 20.6% | 86.3% | 62.7% | - | - | - | 16.7% | - | - | 35.6% | 6.1% | - | 84.7% | 12.13 | 83.8% | - | - | 73.8% | - | 88.9% | - | 100.0% | 37.4 | 77.5% | 61.8 | - | 62.2% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic | Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Opus 4.5 is an AI model from Anthropic. | Claude Opus 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic. |
| Family | Claude | Claude |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 24 Nov 2025 | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Context | 200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Output $/1M | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.500 | $0.500 |
| Cache write $/1M | $6.250 | $6.250 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | file, image, text | text, image, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond84.0% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)19.1% (AA) SciCode45.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)84.8% (AA) Terminal-Bench (Hard)48.5% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is Claude Opus 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.6 better?
- Across the 28 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Opus 4.6 leads on 20 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.6 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Opus 4.5 scores 81.0% and Claude Opus 4.6 scores 84.0% on GPQA Diamond.
- When were Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.6 released?
- Claude Opus 4.5 was released 24 Nov 2025 by Anthropic. Claude Opus 4.6 was released 5 Feb 2026 by Anthropic.
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