Anthropic
Anthropic ranks #1 of 91 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 23 ranked models, 5 of them in the overall top 20. Its best model is Claude Opus 5.5 at 72.6 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in composite. Prices run from $0.200 to $30.00 per million tokens blended; Claude Haiku 5.5 is the cheapest ranked option. The fastest is Claude Haiku 5.5 at 190 tokens per second. It has shipped 19 dated releases, roughly one every 39 days; the last was 7 Oct 2026, so the next would be due between 30 Oct 2026 and 30 Nov 2026 on that pattern.
Safety-focused lab behind the Claude family (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus and the Claude 5 tier). Strong in coding and agentic work; sells API access, Claude apps and Claude Code.
- Provider rank
- #1
- by best model
- Best index
- 72.6
- Claude Opus 5.5 (max)
- Ranked models
- 23
- 0 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.200/M
- Claude Haiku 5.5
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
- Anthropic23
Next release
Over the last two years Anthropic shipped 19 distinct models, one every 39 days on median. The latest arrived on 7 Oct 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 30 Oct 2026 and 30 Nov 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Claude Haiku 5.5 at 190 tok/s.
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Models
Every Anthropic model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
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| 1 | Claude Opus 5.5max | 72.6±6 | $8.00 | 96 | 589 s | 1M | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-22 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1max | 70.5±5 | $20.00 | 68 | 163 s | 1M | 2026-09-01 | 2026-10-22 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5max | 69.3±4 | $20.00 | 70 | 60 s | 1M | 2026-06-09 | 2026-06-09 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 5.5max | 69.3±5 | $4.00 | 133 | 365 s | 1M | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-20 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5max | 68.8±3 | $10.00 | 57 | 20 s | 1M | 2026-07-24 | 2026-10-22 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 63.3±3 | $10.00 | 60 | 1.22 s | 1M | 2026-04-16 | 2026-10-22 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8max | 63.3±5 | $10.00 | 63 | 28 s | 1M | 2026-05-28 | 2026-06-01 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.6high | 62.7±2 | $10.00 | 40 | 1.22 s | 1M | 2026-02-05 | 2026-10-22 |
| 9 | Claude Haiku 5.5xhigh | 61.5±5 | $0.200 | 190 | 61 s | 1M | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-07 |
| 10 | Claude Sonnet 5high | 60.2±2 | $4.00 | 70 | 7.20 s | 1M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-10-22 |
| 11 | Claude Opus 4.5thinking | 59.9±3 | $10.00 | 60 | 19 s | 200k | 2025-11-24 | 2026-10-13 |
| 12 | Claude Sonnet 4.5high | 58.1±6 | $6.00 | 38 | 1.09 s | 200k | 2025-09-29 | 2026-10-22 |
| 13 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 57.1±3 | $6.00 | 44 | 0.74 s | 1M | 2026-02-17 | 2026-10-22 |
| 14 | Claude Opus 4.1thinking | 56.4±3 | $30.00 | 13 | 3.92 s | 200k | 2025-08-05 | 2026-10-22 |
| 15 | Claude Opus 4thinking | 55.0±4 | $30.00 | – | – | 200k | 2025-05-22 | 2026-10-22 |
| 16 | Claude Sonnet 4thinking | 53.2±3 | $6.00 | – | – | 200k | 2025-05-22 | 2026-10-22 |
| 17 | Claude 3.7 Sonnetthinking | 51.0±3 | – | – | – | 200k | 2025-02-24 | 2026-10-22 |
| 18 | Claude Haiku 4.5no reasoning | 48.5±5 | $2.00 | 86 | 0.48 s | 200k | 2025-10-15 | 2025-10-15 · stale |
| 19 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | 46.3±3 | $6.00 | – | – | 200k | 2024-10-22 | 2026-10-22 |
| 20 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | 39.7±3 | – | – | – | 200k | 2024-11-04 | 2026-10-22 |
| 21 | Claude 3 Opus | 39.2±4 | $30.00 | – | – | 200k | 2024-03-04 | 2026-10-22 |
| 22 | Claude 3 Sonnet | 38.0±4 | – | – | – | 200k | 2024-02-29 | 2026-10-22 |
| 23 | Claude 3 Haiku | 37.0±4 | $0.500 | – | – | 200k | 2024-03-07 | 2026-10-22 |
| 24 | Claude 2.1 | – | – | – | – | 200k | 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-21 · stale |
| 25 | Claude 2.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-07-11 | 2023-07-11 · stale |
| 26 | Claude 3.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-02-24 | 2025-02-24 · stale |
| 27 | Claude 4.7low | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-16 · stale |
| 28 | Claude 2 | – | – | – | – | 100k | 2023-07-11 | 2023-07-11 · stale |
| 29 | Claude 37 Sonnetthinking | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-10-08 · stale |
| 30 | Claude Haiku 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Claude Haiku 4thinking | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Claude Instant(Mar 2023) | – | – | – | – | 100k | 2023-03-14 | 2023-03-14 · stale |
| 33 | Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Code | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-28 |
| 34 | Claude 1.3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-04-18 | – |
| 35 | Claude Fable 5 Exa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Claude Instant 1.1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-08-09 | – |
| 37 | Claude Instant 1.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-08-09 | – |
| 38 | Claude Mythos 5.1 | – | $20.00 | – | – | 1M | – | – |
| 39 | Claude Mythos Preview | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-07 | – |
| 40 | Claude Opus 4 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | Claude Opus 4.1 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Claude Opus 4.5 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | Claude Opus 4.6 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Claude Opus 5.5 Range | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Code | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Claude Sonnet 5 Range | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Claude Sonnet 5 Search | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Claude Sonnet 5.0max | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Latest news
- LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scaleAnthropic · 22 Oct 2026
- Anthropic strikes deal to launch European consultancyFinancial Times · 23 Oct 2026
- UK Vows £100 Million for Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI, AnthropicBloomberg · 23 Oct 2026
- Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the companyThe Guardian · 23 Oct 2026
- What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPOYahoo Finance · 23 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude DuetThe New York Times · 21 Oct 2026
- Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent appReuters · 22 Oct 2026
- Anthropic debuts Claude Duet personal AI agent. Here's what to know.CBS News · 23 Oct 2026