claude-opus-4-6

Anthropicclaude-opus-4-6

Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, making it especially effective for large codebases, complex refactors, and multi-step debugging that unfolds over time. The model shows deeper contextual understanding, stronger problem decomposition, and greater reliability on hard engineering tasks than prior generations. Beyond coding, Opus 4.6 excels at sustained knowledge work. It produces near-production-ready documents, plans, and analyses in a single pass, and maintains coherence across very long outputs and extended sessions. This makes it a strong default for tasks that require persistence, judgment, and follow-through, such as technical design, migration planning, and end-to-end project execution.

API Pricing

Price typeBilling expression
Official price
Base pricingPricing tier: base
  • Input usage × $5.00
  • Output usage × $25.00
  • Cached read × $0.50
  • Cache creation × $6.25
  • Cache creation (1 hour) × $10.00
Claude_Pro×0.880% of official list price
Base pricingPricing tier: base
  • Input usage × $4.00
  • Output usage × $20.00
  • Cached read × $0.40
  • Cache creation × $5.00
  • Cache creation (1 hour) × $8.00

Group multiplier: x0.8

Claude_Ultra×0.990% of official list price
Base pricingPricing tier: base
  • Input usage × $4.50
  • Output usage × $22.50
  • Cached read × $0.45
  • Cache creation × $5.63
  • Cache creation (1 hour) × $9.00

Group multiplier: x0.9

Official pricing is subject to the model provider's latest published pricing and may vary by request method or service region. Claude_Pro, Claude_Ultra — TokenByte channel pricing. Actual prices and availability reflect current platform data.

Model information

Model providerAnthropic
Model IDclaude-opus-4-6
Context window1000000
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Frequently asked questions

01

What is Claude Opus 4.6?

Opus 4.6 is Anthropic's strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, making it especially effective for large codebases, complex refactors, and multi-step debugging that unfolds over time.
02

How much does Claude Opus 4.6 cost?

Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00/M input tokens and $25.00/M output tokens, with separate rates for Cache Read at $0.50/M tokens, Cache Write at $6.25/M tokens, Cache Write (1h) at $10.00/M tokens, and Web Search at $10.00/1K calls.
03

What is the context length of Claude Opus 4.6?

Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window. It supports up to 128,000 completion tokens.