Anthropic's New Claude Opus 5 Nearly Matches Flagship Fable 5 at Half the Cost

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 as an upgrade to Opus 4.8, positioning it as a daily-use model.

The company says it delivers near Fable 5 performance with stronger benchmark results.

Pricing stays the same as the previous version, with a faster mode available at a higher rate.

The move narrows the gap between Anthropic’s premium and mid-tier models without raising baseline costs.