Claude Opus 4

Anthropic's top-end family for difficult reasoning, analysis, and long-horizon coding tasks.

Pricing

Model Overview

Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.

Model pricing
Price field	Value
Input	$5.00 / 1M tokens
Output	$25.00 / 1M tokens
Cached read	$0.50 / 1M tokens
Batch discount	50%
Source	Anthropic pricing
Verified	Apr 1, 2026 (High)

Surface

Capabilities

Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.

Model capabilities
Attribute	Values
Modalities	textimage to text
Capabilities	reasoningimageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths	Top-end reasoning depth, Strong coding performance, Large context window
Tradeoffs	Highest Anthropic token cost, Use selectively for premium workflows

References

Official Links

Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.

Official model links
Reference	URL
Intro	https://www.anthropic.com/news
Docs	https://docs.anthropic.com
Pricing	https://claude.com/pricing
Release note	https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/api

Coverage

Benchmark Coverage

Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.

Benchmark coverage
Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes
GPQA Diamond	2026-Q1	70.1 accuracy	Feb 10, 2026	Anthropic release notes	Provider-published benchmark evidence.

Lifecycle

Release History

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Claude Opus 4	claude-opus-4	Active	May 22, 2025	—	—	Fourth-generation Opus family for difficult frontier workloads.

Surfaces

Host Coverage

Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.

Host coverage
Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
Anthropic API	first-party	200.0K	Reference pricing and newest features.	Prompt caching; Native batch processing
AWS Bedrock	cloud	200.0K	Managed AWS-hosted access for regulated or consolidated cloud estates.	AWS IAM integration

Migration

Migration Guidance

Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.

Migration guidance
Topic	Details
Summary	Use Opus 4 selectively for premium reasoning and coding workloads that justify the cost envelope.
Replacement models	claude-sonnet-4
Breaking changes	Per-token cost can force routing changes versus Sonnet-tier traffic.

Timeline

Change Events

Cataloged model-family updates and source references.

Change events
Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
May 22, 2025	family_added	Family launched	Claude Opus 4 launched as Anthropic's highest-capability family.	Anthropic API release notes

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