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Anthropic cuts Claude Opus pricing by 20% with new Opus 5.5 model

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Anthropic has announced new pricing for its Claude Opus models, with the upcoming Opus 5.5 set to be 20% cheaper than its predecessors. The new model will cost $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, a reduction from the $5 and $25 rates of Opus 5 and Opus 4.8. This price adjustment is attributed to reduced serving costs and improved efficiency, with a significant decrease in cache read costs also contributing to a lower overall bill for users, especially for agentic workloads. AI

IMPACT Sets a new price benchmark for high-capability models, potentially driving down costs for AI-powered applications.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic cuts Claude Opus pricing by 20% with new Opus 5.5 model

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 Français(FR) · Shaam ·

    Claude Opus Price 2026: Opus 5.5 Wins at $4 vs Opus 5

    <p>The Claude Opus price dropped for the first time in the model line's history: Claude Opus 5.5 bills at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, against $5 and $25 for Opus 5 and Opus 4.8 (<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5" rel="noopener n…

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