Overview
Anthropic’s July 24, 2026 Opus-class model positioned near Claude Fable 5 capability at half the price (25 per MTok). API ID claude-opus-5. Default on Claude Max; strongest on Claude Pro.
Info
Bench SOTA and alignment rankings are Anthropic claims unless independently reproduced.
Recent Developments
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2026-07-24: arc-prize verifies 30.16–30.2% on arc-agi-3 (High only) — ~4× prior gpt-5-6-sol ~7.8% Max; five new Public Demo clears (2026-07-26-arc-prize-claude-opus-5-results)
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2026-07-24: Public launch — SOTA claims on Frontier-Bench; strong CursorBench/AutomationBench/OSWorld; Fast mode + API fallbacks (2026-07-24-anthropic-claude-opus-5-launch)
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Safety: company says most aligned Opus to date; cyber classifiers ~85% fewer interventions than Fable 5; behind Mythos 5 on exploit/biology dual-use