Claude Opus 5 (batch)
Anthropic · Multimodal · Released Jul 2026
Claude Opus 5 in batch mode, Anthropic's flagship reasoning model optimized for asynchronous processing with a 1M token context window.
- Strengths
- Excels at complex multi-step reasoning, extended code generation, and autonomous agentic work across long contexts.
- Best for
- Batch workloads where reasoning depth and autonomy matter more than latency — research, software development, and knowledge-intensive tasks that benefit from its full reasoning capability.
- Limitations
- Designed for asynchronous processing, so not suitable for real-time applications; superseded by Claude Fable 5 for the most demanding reasoning tasks requiring higher capability tier.
Input / 1M
$2.50
Output / 1M
$12.50
Cached input / 1M
$0.25
Context window
1M
Also billed
- Cache write
- $3.12 / 1M
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2026 | $2.50 | $12.50 | $0.25 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |