Claude Opus 5 pricing & benchmarks
Released Jul 24, 2026 · served by 5 providers · ranked #1 by intelligence in our index
What Claude Opus 5 is
Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work. It is particularly strong at end-to-end software tasks, code review and bug finding, visual analysis...
- Model ID:
anthropic/claude-opus-5 - Modality: text+image+file->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
Providers and prices for Claude Opus 5
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Platform on AWScheapest | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | — | 97.8% | — |
| Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | — | 98.7% | — |
| Azure | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | — | 99.8% | — |
| Amazon Bedrock | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | — | 99.8% | — |
| $5.50 | $27.50 | 1M | — | 100.0% | — |
Claude Opus 5 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dataviz | models | #1 | 1397 | 68.6% |
| 3d | models | #2 | 1389 | 65.2% |
| codecategories | models | #2 | 1360 | 61.6% |
| uicomponent | models | #2 | 1396 | 65.5% |
| website | models | #2 | 1341 | 59.4% |
| webapps | agents | #5 | 1292 | 56% |
Cheaper models in the same class
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FAQ
How much does the Claude Opus 5 API cost?
$5.00 per 1M input tokens and $25.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $12.50.
Is Claude Opus 5 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $5.00 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Claude Opus 5?
Claude Platform on AWS at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Claude Opus 5?
No. Claude Opus 5 is closed-weight and only available through hosted APIs.