Claude Opus 5.5
· verified October 3, 2026
public paid api reasoning vision long-context
Provider
Statuspublic
AA Intelligence Index57.6 (official, read October 3, 2026)
Released2026-09-22
Context window1M
ModalitiesText + image + files
API price $/1M (in / out)$4 / $20 (OpenRouter)
Speedn/a
AccessAPI $4/$20 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter · listed September 22, 2026
In one line
Claude Opus 5.5 by Anthropic, measured by Artificial Analysis at 57.6 on the Intelligence Index. Added to WhichAI automatically from live data on October 3, 2026: no editorial review yet, so judge it by the numbers, not by a verdict. OpenRouter's description: “Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work, succeeding Claude Opus 5.”
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