Anthropic: Claude Opus 4
Analysis Summary
Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic's flagship model at the time of its release, combining strong reasoning, a high agentic index of 52.2, vision, tool use, function calling, and a 200K context window. The instruction-following score (ifbench 0.537) is among the highest in its tier, and the terminalbench hard score of 0.311 reflects reliable performance on complex agentic tasks.
For businesses, this model is a strong fit for autonomous coding agents, long-document analysis, client-facing content generation, and multi-step tool-use workflows. The combination of vision, file input, and strong instruction adherence makes it one of the more versatile models available from an established provider. Its main trade-off is cost: at $15 input and $75 output per million tokens, it is among the most expensive models in the field.
Adopt Claude Opus 4 where task complexity and output quality justify a premium. For high-value, low-volume workloads such as contract analysis, complex code review, or strategic content, the cost is defensible. Pair with a cheaper model for routine, high-volume calls.
Assessed July 10, 2026
Editorial notes
Claude Opus 4 from Anthropic delivers strong reasoning, agentic performance, vision, and instruction following across a 200K context, with broad capability breadth suited to demanding business workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Claude Opus 4 from Anthropic delivers strong reasoning, agentic performance, vision, and instruction following across a 200K context, with broad capability breadth suited to demanding business workflows.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence Ā· Ink = technical/agentic Ā· Cyan = content & long-context Ā· Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
31 Intelligence IndexĀ·52.2 Agentic IndexĀ·73.3 Math Index
How Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 compares
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 ranks #83 of 393 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #73 of 300 for agentic tasks. Its 200K-token context window is larger than 63% of the models we list. At $15.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 2% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input Ā· light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ā 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on technical. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
| Output | $75.00 | $0.075000 |
What would Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.
We route routine calls to cheap models and save Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.
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Claude Opus 4 is benchmarked as the worldās best coding model, at time of release, bringing sustained performance on complex, long-running tasks and agent workflows. It sets new benchmarks in..
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Frequently asked questions about Anthropic: Claude Opus 4
How much does Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 cost?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude Opus 4?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 has a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K).
What can Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 do?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Anthropic: Claude Opus 4?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 is developed by Anthropic and was released on May 22, 2025.
