Anthropic says Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 "on most tasks" while costing about 40% less to run than Opus 5; Opus 5.5 costs $4/1M input and $20/1M output tokens (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Anthropic is positioning Opus 5.5 as a cheaper Opus upgrade with Fable-level performance on most tasks.
Techmeme’s item says Anthropic claims Opus 5.5 matches Claude Fable 5.1 “on most tasks.” It also says the new model costs about 40% less to run than Opus 5. Pricing is listed at $4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens. Techmeme's note
Techmeme’s item says Anthropic claims Opus 5.5 matches Claude Fable 5.1 “on most tasks.” It also says the new model costs about 40% less to run than Opus 5. Pricing is listed at $4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens. Techmeme's note
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