# Claude Opus 5 release · 2026-07-24 · snapshot 2026-10-25

Creator: Anthropic · 5 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 (Low) | Text, Image | 39.40 | $1561 | 11.4s | no | `claude-opus-5-low` |
| Claude Opus 5 (Medium) | Text, Image | 44.80 | $2732 | 12.8s | no | `claude-opus-5-medium` |
| Claude Opus 5 (High) | Text, Image | 48.10 | $4332 | 24.7s | no | `claude-opus-5-high` |
| Claude Opus 5 (Xhigh) | Text, Image | 49.70 | $5868 | 37.5s | no | `claude-opus-5-xhigh` |
| Claude Opus 5 (Max) | Text, Image | 50.80 | $7275 | 63.4s | no | `claude-opus-5` |

## Launch day (2026-07-24)

- Reached the frontier: 4 of 5
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 1.49
- Rank: #20 of 46 releases this past year
- Claude Opus 5 (Low) missed: 2.9 points below GPT-5.6 Sol (High) at 1.05× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-25T21:35:50Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.