Claude Opus 4.6 API Pricing — $5.00/M input, $25.00/M output
Advanced reasoning and nuance for frontier-class operations.
Legacy model — superseded by 4.7 series See Claude Opus 4.8 pricing.
No announced shutdown date. Source · Full retirement tracker
Speed
Not yet measured — see the speed benchmark leaderboard for models we do track.
Cost at scale
| Tokens / month | Est. cost (blended 3:1) |
|---|---|
| 100,000 | $1.00 |
| 1,000,000 | $10.00 |
| 10,000,000 | $100.00 |
| 100,000,000 | $1000.00 |
How Claude Opus 4.6 compares
Claude Haiku 4.5 — $2.00/MClaude Sonnet 4.6 — $6.00/MClaude Sonnet 4.5 — $6.00/MClaude Sonnet 4 — $6.00/MClaude Opus 4.8 — $10.00/MClaude Opus 4.8 — $10.00/MClaude Opus 4.7 — $10.00/MClaude Opus 4.5 — $10.00/M
FAQ
Is Claude Opus 4.6 cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8?
Claude Opus 4.6 costs $10.00/M blended tokens, Claude Opus 4.8 costs $10.00/M — Claude Opus 4.8 is cheaper.
How much does 1 million tokens cost with Claude Opus 4.6?
At a 3:1 input:output ratio, 1 million blended tokens costs approximately $10.00. Pure input costs $5.00/M; pure output costs $25.00/M.
Who provides Claude Opus 4.6?
Claude Opus 4.6 is served by Anthropic. Pricing was last verified on 2026-04-06 against https://www.anthropic.com/pricing.