Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 is an advanced AI model capable of handling text, images, and files, with a context length of 1 million tokens and robust reasoning capabilities. It supports tools integration for enhanced functionality. While it excels in both input and output processing, structured output support remains unverified. This model is suitable for those requiring a versatile AI solution at its price point of $5.0 per million input tokens and $25.0 per million output tokens, especially given its blended benchmark score of 77.3 across two independent benchmarks. With a strong showing in the ai_index and eqbench, it offers solid performance without breaking the bank.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 76.9 across 2 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-07-27. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 62.3 |
| EQ-Bench | emotional understanding in dialogue | 79.2 |
- Model ID
- anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
- Vendor
- anthropic
- Released
- February 2026
- Tokenizer
- Claude
- Input Modalities
- text, image, file
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 128,000 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- yes
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.19 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $3.75 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $75.00 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 cost?
- $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens.
- What is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6's context window?
- 1,000,000 tokens, roughly 1,500 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.