Anthropic · stable
Anthropic's Opus-class flagship for complex agentic coding and enterprise work, positioned near Fable 5 intelligence at Opus 4.8 pricing.
Specialist evidence
Source-native operational evidence for Claude Opus 5. Exact configurations remain separate. Costs are comparable only within the same selected benchmark/evaluation, and these rows never enter Overall Score.
| Evaluation | Exact configuration | Performance | Cost / task | Tokens / task | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-high Claude Code - Opus 5 (high) | 65.6 | $3.92 | 9911366 | 94.9 steps |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-low Claude Code - Opus 5 (low) | 59.4 | $2.30 | 5258606 | 64.4 steps |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-max Claude Code - Opus 5 (max) | 67.0 | $8.94 | 23699428 | 165.7 steps |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-medium Claude Code - Opus 5 (medium) | 64.1 | $3.17 | 7999358 | 83.5 steps |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-xhigh Claude Code - Opus 5 (xhigh) | 68.1 | $8.17 | 21565879 | 152.1 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-high Opus 5 High | 66.7% | $3.91 | 27932 | 48 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-low Opus 5 Low | 62.8% | $2.55 | 18529 | 37 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-max Opus 5 Max | 70.0% | $8.23 | 61838 | 78 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-medium Opus 5 Medium | 64.3% | $3.29 | 23612 | 44 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | claude-opus-5-xhigh Opus 5 Extra High | 69.3% | $7.35 | 54239 | 72 steps |
