Anthropic model product
Claude Opus 3
Claude 3 Opus is Anthropic's most intelligent model, with best-in-market performance on highly complex tasks.
Updated Aug 12, 2026. Default version: Claude 3 Opus
LLMBoard score16.7Claude 3 Opus
Coverage80%11 benchmark families
Context window200KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Claude Opus 3 Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Claude 3 Opus
- Released
- Feb 29, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 200K
- Max output
- 200K
- Inputs
- image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Proprietary
Claude Opus 3 Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Claude Opus 3 Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Claude 3 Opus.
Claude Opus 3 Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
| vision | overall | 122 | 1023.0 | 15,565 | N/A | |
| vision style control | overall | 122 | 1062.4 | 15,565 | N/A | |
| text style control | overall | 231 | 1321.7 | 194,909 | N/A | |
| text | overall | 259 | 1262.1 | 194,909 | N/A |
Claude Opus 3 Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Claude 3 Opus. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
| Bedrock | 120 tok/s | 0.5 s | 200K | 200K | |
| Anthropic | 100 tok/s | 0.5 s | 200K | 200K | |
| 42 tok/s | 0.4 s | 200K | 200K |
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Claude Opus 3 Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- From $15 input, $75 output per 1M via LLM Gateway
- Tracked offerings
- 2
| LLM Gateway | claude-3-opus | global | $15 | $75 | 200K | |
| DigitalOcean | anthropic-claude-3-opus | global | $15 | $75 | 200K |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Claude Opus 3 Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
| Claude 3 Opus | 16.7 | N/A | 200K | 200K | No | Proprietary |
What is Claude Opus 3?
Key information about Claude Opus 3 and its available data.
Claude 3 Opus is Anthropic's most intelligent model, with best-in-market performance on highly complex tasks. It can navigate open-ended prompts and sight-unseen scenarios with remarkable fluency and human-like understanding, showing the outer limits of what's possible with generative AI.
Data as of 2026-08-11.
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FAQ
Common questions about Claude Opus 3.
When was Claude Opus 3 released?
Claude Opus 3's default version was released on Feb 29, 2024.
How much does Claude Opus 3 cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Claude Opus 3. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $15 input and $75 output via LLM Gateway.
Who created Claude Opus 3?
Claude Opus 3 was created by Anthropic.
What is the context window for Claude Opus 3?
The default version has a 200K token context window.
Is Claude Opus 3 open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Claude Opus 3?
2 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Claude Opus 3 with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Qwen2.5 VL 32B, Devstral Small 1.1, o1 mini.