Claude Opus 4.6
AnthropicAn earlier Claude Opus release from Anthropic, with a 1M-token context and the same list price as Opus 5.
Main uses: Existing integrations pinned to this version - complex agentic work and long-document analysis.
What sets it apart: At $5/$25 per 1M tokens it costs the same as Claude Opus 5 and more than Opus 5.5 ($4/$20) - staying on it saves nothing on price.
| Route | In | Out | Blended | vs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | - | |
| $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | +0% | |
| $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | +0% | |
| $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | +0% | |
| $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.00 | +0% |
● official API · ● cloud platform · ● inference host · USD per 1M tokens. Same model, different providers - price and quantization vary.
- Ctx
- 1M
- max output
- 128K
- cache read /1M
- $0.50
- Family
- claude
- Modalities
- text · image · file
- Features
- json · reasoning · tools
Live pricing, updated 2026-11-03.
| Model | In | Out | Ctx |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4 | $20 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $5 | $25 | 200K |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5 | $25 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.6 · this model | $5 | $25 | 1M |