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Claude Opus 4.6

GA

Listed under 'Legacy models' on overview but Active in deprecations table. Dateless pinned snapshot ID == alias. Extended thinking: Yes; adaptive thinking: Yes. 5m cache $6.25, 1h cache $10, cache hits $0.50/MTok. Batch $2.50/$12.50. 1M context standard pricing. Fast mode (preview): $30 in / $150 out per MTok. Reliable knowledge cutoff May 2025; training data cutoff Aug 2025. Tentative retirement not sooner than February 5, 2027. Status 'ga' per Active state. Release date not explicitly published (null).

Provider
Anthropic
Status
GA
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.5 / 1M tokens
Blended price
$10 / 1M tokens
Context window
1,000,000 tokens (1M)
Max output
128,000 tokens
Modality
text, image, vision
Knowledge cutoff
2025-05
Released
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API string
claude-opus-4-6

Source: Anthropic official documentation ↗

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