Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic’s flagship Claude 5.5 model for demanding coding, research and knowledge work.
AnthropicReleased 22 September 2026Context 1M tokensOutput 128k tokensPrivate weights$4.00 in / $20.00 out per Mtok
Where it stands
Rank compares tracked models with a score. Published shows the source’s rank and field size, when available.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Published | Leader | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals IndexVals AI | 66.97% | 3of 33 | 3of 41 | Gemini 4 Argon | 1.93 pts |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis | 58 | 1of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Artificial Analysis | 59.60% | 2of 40 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 4.04 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI | 90.29% | 4of 38 | 4of 106 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 2.10 pts |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Artificial Analysis | 59.05% | 2of 24 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 4.28 pts |
| ProgramBenchVals AI | 18.50% | 1of 29 | 1of 54 | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| ITBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 38.23% | 16of 18 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 17.98 pts |
| MLCR-AAArtificial Analysis | 66.67% | 3of 37 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 8.33 pts |
| Vals RSI IndexVals AI | 37.31% | 1of 20 | 1of 23 | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Vals AI | 30.36% | 1of 20 | 1of 20 | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| CUA-benchVals AI | 14.00% | 2of 8 | 2of 8 | GPT-6 Astra | 5.17 pts |
| Harvey LAB-AAArtificial Analysis | 91.20% | 9of 20 | no list read | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 4.28 pts |
| AutomationBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 69.54% | 3of 40 | no list read | Gemini 4 Argon | 7.97 pts |
| SciCodeArtificial Analysis | 66.90% | 1of 40 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| GDP.pdfArtificial Analysis | 26.20% | 5of 40 | no list read | GPT-6.1 Sol | 4.80 pts |
| CritPtArtificial Analysis | 31.71% | 2of 42 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 0.58 pts |
| AA-OmniscienceArtificial Analysis | 46.42 | 1of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| AA-LCR v1.1Artificial Analysis | 84.67% | 5of 42 | no list read | Kimi K3 | 4.00 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Vals AI | 87.64% | 1of 35 | 1of 75 | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| ProofBench v1.1Vals AI | 100.00% | 1of 34 | 1of 46 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | — |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkVals AI | 3.75% | 27of 37 | 34of 73 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 21.67 pts |
| MysteryMechanismVals AI | 49.55% | 2of 21 | 2of 21 | GPT-6 Astra | 3.60 pts |
| BioMysteryBenchVals AI | 79.26% | 3of 19 | 3of 21 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1.85 pts |
| Code MigrationVals AI | 66.65% | 4of 37 | 4of 71 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 3.18 pts |
| CyberBench v1.1Vals AI | 55.36% | 26of 31 | 35of 43 | GPT-6 Sol | 22.62 pts |
| EMBVals AI | 75.94% | 2of 37 | 2of 69 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 0.73 pts |
| Finance Agent (v2)Vals AI | 58.59% | 8of 37 | 9of 73 | Gemini 4 Argon | 6.81 pts |
| IOIVals AI | 95.06% | 4of 31 | 4of 38 | Gemini 4 Argon | 4.94 pts |
| Legal Research BenchVals AI | 50.48% | 5of 37 | 5of 72 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 4.81 pts |
| MedCodeVals AI | 49.80% | 10of 35 | 17of 104 | Claude Opus 5 | 13.77 pts |
| MedScribeVals AI | 91.43% | 1of 36 | 1of 106 | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Vals AI | 70.64% | 3of 29 | 3of 45 | Claude Opus 5 | 6.29 pts |
| SAGEVals AI | 45.83% | 22of 32 | 37of 90 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 10.27 pts |
| SRE BenchVals AI | 33.59% | 4of 15 | 4of 16 | GPT-6 Astra | 23.28 pts |
| Tax Agent BenchVals AI | 70.50% | 8of 37 | 9of 64 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 7.14 pts |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis | 1,846.17 | 1of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis | 1,821.85 | 1of 41 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
| Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis | 61.35% | 1of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | — |
Nearby on Vals Index
The two models above and below on the Vals Index (Vals AI), on every column where this model has a published number.
| Model | Vals Index | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | ProgramBench |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | 68.90% | 53 | 57.07% | 91.91% | – | 2.50% |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | 67.04% | 56 | 63.64% | 92.39% | 53.33% | – |
| Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | 66.97% | 58 | 59.60% | 90.29% | 59.05% | 18.50% |
| Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 65.83% | 53 | 52.02% | 90.26% | 43.33% | 7.00% |
| Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 63.67% | 51 | 48.99% | 88.40% | 28.57% | 3.00% |
Cost and speed, as published
Additional measurements from Artificial Analysis’ own row. Read 30 September 2026.
| As published | Cost per task | Output speed |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) | $5.98 | 92.2 tok/s |
Results by benchmark
Independent and vendor results retain their own harnesses and effort settings.
| Benchmark | Independent run | As reported by a publisher |
|---|---|---|
| ProgramBench (hidden test pass rate)Long-context coding | no published result | 91.2%ProgramBench (hidden test pass rate)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table |
| DRACO (Anthropic harness)Deep research | no published result | 87.4%DRACO (Anthropic harness)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| WANDR (frozen index)Wide research | no published result | 72.3%WANDR (frozen index)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools)CAD reasoning | no published result | 0.73BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (with tools)CAD reasoning | no published result | 0.962BenchCAD Vision2Code (with tools)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table |
| OSWorld 2.1 (offline strict pass)Computer use | no published result | 53.2%OSWorld 2.1 (offline strict pass)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 6 in this publisher table |
| PhysicianBenchHealthcare | no published result | 68.4%PhysicianBenchAnthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 6 in this publisher table |
| Global MMLUMultilingual knowledge | no published result | 94.3%Global MMLUAnthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| MILUMultilingual knowledge | no published result | 93.1%MILUAnthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Medicinal chemistry (ADME)Life sciences | no published result | 63.5%Medicinal chemistry (ADME)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| ITBench-AAIT operations | 38.23%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| MLCR-AAMedical reasoning | 66.67%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Vals RSI IndexAutonomous research | 37.31%Vals AI | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Application development | 30.36%Vals AI | not published |
| CUA-benchComputer use | 14.00%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey LAB-AALegal reasoning | 91.20%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| LABBench 2Scientific reasoning | no published result | 73.1%LABBench 2Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| RiemannBenchMathematics | no published result | 69.6%RiemannBenchGoogle DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| GraphWalks (up to 128k)Long context | no published result | 90.6%GraphWalks (Up to 128k, BFS F1)Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 4 of 4 in this publisher table |
| GraphWalks (256k to 1M)Long context | no published result | 66.8%GraphWalks (256k to 1M, BFS F1)Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| LVBenchVideo understanding | no published result | 83.7%LVBench (no tools)Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| CWE-bench v1Security | no published result | 67.0%CWE-bench v1Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBench-AAWorkflow automation | 69.54%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SciCodeScientific coding | 66.90%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| GDP.pdfDocument reasoning | 26.20%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| CritPtScientific reasoning | 31.71%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-OmniscienceFactual knowledge | 46.42Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-LCR v1.1Long-context reasoning | 84.67%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Agentic coding | 59.60%Artificial Analysis 65.15%Vals AI | 66.4%Terminal-Bench 4.0Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table 66.4%Terminal-Bench 4.0Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table 66.4%Terminal-Bench 4.0Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table 66.4%Terminal-Bench 4.0Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 2 of 3 in this publisher table |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Agentic coding | 87.64%Vals AI | not published |
| MMMU ProMultimodal reasoning | 87.69%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Product coding | 90.29%Vals AI | 90.3%Vibe Code BenchGoogle DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Agentic science | 59.05%Artificial Analysis 47.14%Vals AI | 58.7%Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table 63.3%Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table 58.7%Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table 63.3%Terminal-Bench Science 0.1OpenAI · 29 September 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| ProgramBenchAgentic coding | 18.50%Vals AI | not published |
| ProofBench v1.1Mathematics | 100.00%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkProfessional knowledge | 3.75%Vals AI | 3.8%Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkGoogle DeepMind · October 2026Rank 4 of 4 in this publisher table |
| MysteryMechanismScientific reasoning | 49.55%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals IndexComposite | 66.97%Vals AI | 67.0%Vals IndexGoogle DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| BioMysteryBenchAgentic science | 79.26%Vals AI | not published |
| Code MigrationAgentic coding | 66.65%Vals AI | not published |
| CyberBench v1.1Security | 55.36%Vals AI | not published |
| EMBFinancial modelling | 75.94%Vals AI | not published |
| Finance Agent (v2)Financial analysis | 58.59%Vals AI | 58.6%Vals Finance Agent v2Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| IOICompetitive programming | 95.06%Vals AI | not published |
| Legal Research BenchProfessional knowledge | 50.48%Vals AI | not published |
| MedCodeHealthcare administration | 49.80%Vals AI | not published |
| MedScribeHealthcare administration | 91.43%Vals AI | not published |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Public services | 70.64%Vals AI | not published |
| SAGEEducation | 45.83%Vals AI | not published |
| SRE BenchSecurity | 33.59%Vals AI | not published |
| Tax Agent BenchProfessional knowledge | 70.50%Vals AI | not published |
| OSWorld 2.0Computer use | no published result | 81.8%OSWorld 2.0 (partial)Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table |
| OSWorld 2.1Computer use | no published result | 87.2%OSWorld 2.1 (offline partial)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 1 of 6 in this publisher table 81.8%OSWorld 2.1 (partial)Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBenchBusiness workflows | no published result | 42.5%AutomationBenchGoogle DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table 40.0%AutomationBenchAnthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table 42.5%AutomationBench 1.0.6OpenAI · 29 September 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table |
| CursorBench 4.0Agentic coding | no published result | 57.8%CursorBench 4.0Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table 57.8%CursorBench 4.0Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table |
| DeepSWE v1.1Software engineering | no published result | 74.2%DeepSWE v1.1Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| FrontierCode v1.1Agentic coding | no published result | 54.4%FrontierCode v1.1 (Main)Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table 54.4%FrontierCode 1.1 (Main)Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Knowledge work | 1,846.17Artificial Analysis | 1,846GDPval-AA v2.1Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table 1,846GDPval-AA v2.1Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Knowledge work | 1,821.85Artificial Analysis | 1,822AA-Briefcase v1.1Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| ChartographyVisual chart recognition | no published result | 64.4%Chartography (no tools)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 10 in this publisher table 89.0%Chartography (with tools)Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table 66.3%Chartography (no tools)Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table 89.0%ChartographyAnthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table 64.4%Chartography (no tools)Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Humanity's Last ExamMultidisciplinary reasoning | 61.35%Artificial Analysis | 67.7%Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table 67.7%Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)Anthropic · 28 September 2026Rank 1 of 3 in this publisher table |
| Agents' Last ExamComputer use | no published result | 38.2%Agent's Last Exam (binary pass rate)Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 3 in this publisher table |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexComposite | 58Artificial Analysis | not published |
| FrontierSWEAgentic research | no published result | 62.3%FrontierSWE v2Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| PostTrainBenchAI research | no published result | 49.3%PostTrainBench v1.1Google DeepMind · October 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
Sources
Read on 17 October 2026.
- Anthropic announcementwww.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5-5
- Vals AI model pagewww.vals.ai/models/anthropic_claude-opus-5-5