Claude Opus 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 releases: 5 and 6 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 11 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Opus 5.5 scores highest: Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 58, against Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 38 for Claude Sonnet 5.
- For cost per task, Claude Sonnet 5 is cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) at $0.51, against Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) at $0.55 for Claude Opus 5.5.
Releases compared
Intelligence
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) |  Anthropic | 58 | 61 | 64 | 63 | - | 60 | 66 | $5.98 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $8,708 | 119k | 84k | 260M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 56 | 58 | 62 | 61 | - | 59 | 63 | $3.46 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $4,057 | 66k | 40k | 100M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | - | 56 | 61 | $1.82 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $2,172 | 36k | 18k | 53M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 51 | 54 | 57 | 57 | - | 54 | 60 | $1.34 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $1,627 | 26k | 12k | 38M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 42 | 46 | 48 | 52 | - | 45 | 53 | $0.55 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $860 | 10k | 3k | 20M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) | Anthropic | 38 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 49 | $5.09 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $6,998 | 118k | 88k | 367M | 81 | 185.34s | 185.34s | 191.50s | 852.58s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort) | Anthropic | 34 | 37 | 37 | 38 | - | 35 | 45 | $2.87 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $3,255 | 65k | 44k | 135M | 66 | 46.34s | 46.34s | 53.86s | 610.51s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 32 | 33 | 33 | 35 | - | 32 | 41 | $1.79 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $2,086 | 44k | 28k | 89M | 69 | 11.65s | 11.65s | 18.85s | 417.78s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) | Anthropic | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | - | 29 | 38 | $1.00 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $1,218 | 27k | 15k | 51M | 66 | 2.14s | 2.14s | 9.75s | 262.64s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | - | 25 | 33 | $0.51 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $653 | 15k | 7k | 25M | 64 | 1.84s | 1.84s | 9.68s | 148.80s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 1.19s | 1.19s | 9.07s | - | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |