LaunchAI ModelsJuly 24, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 delivers near-Fable performance at half the cost
Claude Opus 5 matches or approaches Fable 5 on many benchmarks while costing ~57% less. It offers 1M context window and is available on Amazon Bedrock, Claude API, Claude Code, and Perplexity.
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Introducing Claude Opus 5 on AWS: Anthropic’s most capable Opus modelaws.amazon.com
2.1.219code.claude.com
v2.1.219github.com
Introducing Claude Opus 5anthropic.com
Opus 5 is now available as an orchestrator model inside the Perplexity Computer harness for all Pro...x.com
Claude Opus 5: The System Cardthezvi.substack.com
[AINews] Claude Opus 5: Fable-level performance at Opus price (half Fable)latent.space
Quoting Boris Chernysimonwillison.net
Anthropic's new AI model rivals Fable 5 and is cheaper as businesses fret about costscnbc.com
Anthropic Unveils More Cost-Efficient Model for Everyday Tasksbloomberg.com
In my testing, Opus 5 replaced Opus 4.8 for me, it was generally stronger in everything... except it...bsky.app
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