Claude Opus 4.6
Highest-capability Anthropic family for complex reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agents.
- Input
- $5.00 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $25.00 / 1M tokens
- Cached read
- — / 1M tokens
- Cached write
- — / 1M tokens
- Batch discount
- 50%
- Source
- Claude Opus 4.6 pricing
- Verified
- Apr 2, 2026 (High)
Capabilities
- Modalities
- textimage→text
- Capabilities
- reasoningimageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
- Strengths
- Deepest Anthropic reasoning, 1M context beta
- Tradeoffs
- Highest Anthropic cost
Benchmark Coverage
| Benchmark | Version | Score | Date | Source | Notes |
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Release History
| Release | Alias | Lifecycle | Release Date | Deprecation | Shutdown | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 | claude-opus-4-6 | Active | Feb 24, 2026 | — | — | Current published model family snapshot. |
Host Coverage
| Host | Type | Context | Pricing Note | Differences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic API | first-party | 1.0M | Reference pricing and 1M context beta. | Prompt caching; Extended thinking |
| AWS Bedrock | cloud | 200.0K | Managed Anthropic hosting on AWS. | AWS IAM integration |
Migration Guidance
Use when Sonnet is insufficient and maximum reasoning depth matters more than cost.
Replacement models: claude-sonnet-4-6
Change Events
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | family_added | Claude Opus 4.6 published | Initial public model family launch. | Claude Opus 4.6 release notes |
Other models from Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 4, Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Sonnet 4.6