Claude 3 Opus
Analysis Summary
Claude 3 Opus sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #174 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $15.00 input and $75.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market.
Editorial notes
Claude 3 Opus from Anthropic has strong content and instruction-following credentials for its era but is expensive at $15/1M input tokens and superseded by Claude 3.5 and 4.x Opus variants.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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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 |
