Anthropic
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
- #2
- by best model
- Best index
- 70.4
- Claude Fable 5
- Ranked models
- 20
- 0 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.500/M
- Claude 3 Haiku
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Over the last two years Anthropic shipped 16 distinct models, one every 40 days on median. The latest arrived on 1 Sept 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 25 Sept 2026 and 27 Oct 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Claude Haiku 4.5 at 83 tok/s.
Head to head
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Anthropic vs MiniMaxModels
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 Fable 5Anthropic | 70.4±3 | $20.00 | 63 | 92 s | 1M | 2026-06-09 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1xhighAnthropic | 70.3±7 | $20.00 | 58 | 132 s | 1M | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-01 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 70.0±4 | $10.00 | 52 | 82 s | 1M | 2026-07-24 | 2026-09-05 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 65.5±3 | $10.00 | 46 | 21 s | 1M | 2026-04-16 | 2026-09-08 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 64.7±3 | $10.00 | 58 | 29 s | 1M | 2026-05-28 | 2026-09-08 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 63.1±4 | $10.00 | 38 | 2.05 s | 1M | 2026-02-05 | 2026-09-08 |
| 7 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 61.2±3 | $4.00 | 79 | 193 s | 1M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-09-05 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5thinkingAnthropic | 60.6±3 | $10.00 | 46 | 18 s | 200k | 2025-11-24 | 2026-09-01 |
| 9 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 60.3±3 | $6.00 | 43 | 2.12 s | 1M | 2026-02-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.1thinkingAnthropic | 58.1±3 | $30.00 | 10 | 2.68 s | 200k | 2025-08-05 | 2026-09-02 |
| 11 | Claude Sonnet 4.5highAnthropic | 57.8±7 | $6.00 | 40 | 1.38 s | 200k | 2025-09-29 | 2026-09-08 |
| 12 | Claude Opus 4thinkingAnthropic | 54.4±4 | $30.00 | 20 | 3.02 s | 200k | 2025-05-22 | 2026-09-02 |
| 13 | Claude Sonnet 4thinkingAnthropic | 54.0±3 | $6.00 | 20 | 1.14 s | 1M | 2025-05-22 | 2026-09-02 |
| 14 | Claude 3.7 SonnetthinkingAnthropic | 52.1±3 | $6.00 | – | – | 200k | 2025-02-24 | 2026-09-02 |
| 15 | Claude Haiku 4.5thinkingAnthropic | 48.0±5 | $2.00 | 83 | 22 s | 200k | 2025-10-15 | 2026-09-05 |
| 16 | Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic | 45.1±4 | $6.00 | – | – | 200k | 2024-10-22 | 2026-09-02 |
| 17 | Claude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic | 39.8±4 | – | – | – | 200k | 2024-11-04 | 2026-09-02 |
| 18 | Claude 3 OpusAnthropic | 38.9±4 | $30.00 | – | – | 200k | 2024-03-04 | 2026-09-02 |
| 19 | Claude 3 SonnetAnthropic | 37.9±5 | – | – | – | 200k | 2024-02-29 | 2026-09-02 |
| 20 | Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic | 36.9±4 | $0.500 | 80 | 0.46 s | 200k | 2024-03-07 | 2026-09-02 |
| 21 | Claude 2.1Anthropic | – | – | – | – | 200k | 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-21 · stale |
| 22 | Claude 2Anthropic | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-07-11 | 2023-07-11 · stale |
| 23 | Claude 3.7Anthropic | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-02-24 | 2025-02-24 · stale |
| 24 | Claude 4.7lowAnthropic | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-16 |
| 25 | Claude 2Anthropic | – | – | – | – | 100k | – | – |
| 26 | Claude 37 SonnetthinkingAnthropic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-10-08 · stale |
| 27 | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Claude Haiku 4thinkingAnthropic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Claude InstantAnthropic | – | – | – | – | 100k | – | – |
| 30 | Claude Opus 4.1 AnthropicAnthropic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-11-26 · stale |
| 31 | Claude Opus 4.8 Claude CodeAnthropic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-05 |
| 32 | Claude Mythos 5.1Anthropic | – | $20.00 | – | – | 1M | – | – |
Latest news
- Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"CBS News · 9 Sept 2026
- Wave of AI-Driven IPOs Expected to Accompany Anthropic’s Listingbloomberg.com · 9 Sept 2026
- Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsWSJ · 9 Sept 2026
- A new Anthropic model seeks to test how AI could impact the U.S. economyNPR · 9 Sept 2026
- Anthropic researcher quits, calls AI an existential threat to humanityMashable · 9 Sept 2026
- Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030The Guardian · 9 Sept 2026
- ‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AITechCrunch · 9 Sept 2026
- Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'BBC · 9 Sept 2026