Claude 3 Opus
Analysis Summary
Claude 3 Opus was Anthropic's top-tier model at release in early 2024, built for complex reasoning, nuanced writing, and careful instruction following. With an intelligence index of 18 and a coding index of 19.5, it outperformed most contemporaries at launch, but the field has moved significantly since then.
For businesses, it retains strong language quality and reliable output structure, making it serviceable for content-heavy workflows. However, at $15 input and $75 output per million tokens, it is among the most expensive models in the database, and its benchmark performance no longer justifies that premium against newer alternatives.
Teams with existing Claude 3 Opus integrations may continue using it for quality-sensitive tasks, but migration to a current Anthropic flagship will deliver better performance at lower cost.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Claude 3 Opus from Anthropic was a flagship reasoning model at launch, with strong language quality and instruction following, but its benchmarks are now well behind current-generation models and its pricing remains high.
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Performance Profile
How Claude 3 Opus compares
Claude 3 Opus ranks #196 of 378 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #147 of 315 for coding. At $15.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 2% of comparable models.
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Release Date | March 4, 2024 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
| Output | $75.00 | $0.075000 |
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Frequently asked questions about Claude 3 Opus
How much does Claude 3 Opus cost?
Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens.
Is Claude 3 Opus good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Claude 3 Opus ranks #147 of 315 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Claude 3 Opus?
Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and was released on March 4, 2024.
