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Anthropic

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Claude family. Leads measured intelligence and repository coding; premium pricing, strong computer-use and writing.

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Claude Mythos 5

Anthropic · Jul 2026 · Restricted

63.4
Index
Intel63.4
Code78
Agents58

Anthropic’s limited-access peak. Tops composite boards, but you cannot buy it on the public API. Treat Fable 5 as the available twin.

Price /1M
$10 / $50
Context
1M
Speed
—
Status
Restricted
Eval researchInternal Anthropic-class workloads
Details
02
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Claude Opus 5

Anthropic · Jul 2026 · Proprietary

63.1
Index
Intel63.1
Code78
Agents59.2

Highest generally-available Intelligence Index. Half of Fable’s price, first-choice for agents and knowledge work.

Price /1M
$5 / $25
Context
1M
Speed
52 t/s
Status
Current
AgentsHard debugging
Details
03
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Claude Fable 5

Anthropic · Jun 2026 · Proprietary

62.1
Index
Intel62.1
Code76.5
Agents56.6

The available Claude that wins the hardest coding evals. Expensive and slower than Opus 5. Default when the repo is the product.

Price /1M
$10 / $50
Context
1M
Speed
65 t/s
Status
Current
SWE-bench Pro class workLong refactors
Details
04
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Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic · May 2026 · Proprietary

57.3
Index
Intel57.3
Code73
Agents54

Last-gen Opus at current Opus 5 prices. Keep it only if a harness is pinned; otherwise move to Opus 5.

Price /1M
$5 / $25
Context
1M
Speed
58 t/s
Status
Superseded
Pinned eval harnesses
Details
05
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Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic · Jun 2026 · Proprietary

55.3
Index
Intel55.3
Code71.5
Agents49.7

Anthropic’s daily driver. Not the crown, but the one you actually leave on in production if Opus is too rich.

Price /1M
$2 / $10
Context
1M
Speed
82 t/s
Status
Current
Product chatDocs
Details
06
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Claude Opus 4.7

Anthropic · Apr 2026 · Proprietary

55
Index
Intel55
Code69
Agents51

High GPQA, lower agentic score than 4.8 and 5. A snapshot, not a destination.

Price /1M
$5 / $25
Context
1M
Speed
55 t/s
Status
Superseded
Science Q&A regressions
Details
07
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Claude Haiku 4.5

Anthropic · Jan 2026 · Proprietary

38
Index
Intel38
Code55
Agents28

Anthropic’s fast cheap tier. Useful for classification and routing, not for the frontier jobs on this board.

Price /1M
$1 / $5
Context
200K
Speed
140 t/s
Status
Current
ClassificationRouting
Details

Aperture is a field guide, not a vendor. Scores compiled 28 Aug 2026.

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