Anthropic just made its premium Claude model cheaper and faster without, according to the company, giving up flagship-level performance.
Claude Opus 5.5 is the first model in Anthropic’s new 5.5 generation, with lower token pricing, faster output, and benchmark results that the company says put it near or ahead of its existing top models on several coding and knowledge tests.
The launch comes as AI labs compete increasingly on economics as well as raw capability, with businesses paying close attention to how much useful work autonomous models can complete for every dollar spent.
Cheaper tokens, sprawling code
Anthropic set Opus 5.5 pricing at $4…
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