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Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 maintains pricing, introduces effort levels

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Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 maintains the pricing structure of its predecessor, Opus 4.8, with costs set at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. The model introduces five distinct "effort levels" that influence the actual token usage and the quality of the output. Users can reduce their billing by selecting lower effort levels, though this may result in a noticeable decrease in the model's performance. AI

IMPACT Introduces adjustable effort levels for users to balance cost and performance, potentially influencing how users interact with and budget for large language models.

RANK_REASON New model release from a frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 maintains pricing, introduces effort levels

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  1. Medium — Claude tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Automation Labs ·

    Opus 5’s Five Effort Levels, Ranked by What They Do to Your Bill

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Opus 5 kept Opus 4.8&#x2019;s $5/$25 price. But effort sets your real token volume &#x2014; and stepping down from the default can cut output sharply.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@automati…

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