Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 cuts token prices 20%
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Opus 5.5 is priced at $4/$20 per million input/output tokens with $0.20/Mtok cache reads, 20% cheaper per token and 60% cheaper on cache reads than Opus 5. Anthropic estimates it costs about 40% less to run than Opus 5 for typical token-billed workloads, and says it performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1.
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- Sep 22
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performancetechcrunch.com
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecuritytheverge.com
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 and cuts pricing by 20%. Your agent calls might secretly get routed to an older model.thenewstack.io
v2.1.280github.com
2.1.280code.claude.com
Claude Opus 5.5 now available on AI Gatewayvercel.com
Anthropic Unveils More Cost-Efficient Opus 5.5 Model Before IPObloomberg.com
What a task costs on Opus 5.5claude.com
Meet Claude Opus 5.5youtube.com
Introducing Claude Opus 5.5youtube.com
GPS, explained by Claude Opus 5.5youtube.com
Claude Opus 5.5 rebuilds Earthrise in 3D, down to the secondyoutube.com
Claude Opus 5.5 builds daydreams that hold togetheryoutube.com
Claude Opus 5.5 turns graphite into gravityyoutube.com
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWSaws.amazon.com
Anthropic’s New Claude Opus 5.5 Matches Fable at 60% the Pricedecrypt.co
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5, beating Fable 5.1 on key agentic benchmarks at 60% cheaper API priceventurebeat.com
Claude Opus 5.5 wants to finish your coding tasks, not just start themthenewstack.io
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5: Fable 5.1-Level Performance at 40% Lower Running Cost Than Opus 5marktechpost.com
New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less moneyarstechnica.com
Summary of METR's predeployment evaluation of Claude Opus 5.5metr.org
Opus 5.5 Is Crazy Good and GPT-6-Sol Launched Tooyoutube.com
Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, and a new price warsimonwillison.net
- Sep 23
llm-anthropic 0.29simonwillison.net
[AINews] Claude Opus 5.5, the new default model for AINews — and everybody cuts prices 40-50%latent.space
Anthropic made Opus 5.5 cheaper. Then it broke four things your agent depends on.thenewstack.io
Anthropic Unveils Cheaper Claude Opus 5.5 Ahead of Expected IPObloomberg.com
Using Claude Opus 5.5 as your daily driveryoutube.com
Anthropic Actually Fixed Opusyoutube.com
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with expanded biology capabilities - MobiHealthNewsnews.google.com
Claude Opus 5.5: The System Cardthezvi.substack.com
- Sep 24
Claude Opus 5.5 AI: A Massive Leap Forwardyoutube.com
I Tested Opus 5.5 vs Fable 5.1 on 7 Real Use Cases (Not Even Close)youtube.com
AI #187: Coming Into Playthezvi.substack.com
Coding sessions are longer and use more context. Claude Opus 5.5 is built with that in mind.claude.com
Opus 5.5: How Close Are We to Automated AI Research?youtube.com
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