# Claude Opus 5 outperforms Fable 5 in coding at half the price Anthropic's most aligned model to date hits the market. - **Source:** [The Next Web](https://brifing.si/source/afe24b20-b275-4c19-b9a6-8bb3c8babae7) - **Published:** 2026-07-24 - **Topic:** [Data & AI](https://brifing.si/c/data-ai) - **Original article:** - **On Brifing:** https://brifing.si/s/1b46cde3-1004-42dd-9e66-96b7578c2a99 ## Launch of Claude Opus 5 Anthropic announced Claude Opus 5, which surpasses its previous flagship Fable 5 on most coding and knowledge-work benchmarks while halving the cost per token. As the fourth model released in just two months, Opus 5 offers developers a new option in the AI landscape. ## Performance Details On Frontier-Bench, Opus 5 doubled its predecessor's score in building working software from engineering drawings. On ARC-AGI 3, it scored three times higher than the next-best model in novel problem-solving tests. These results demonstrate the model's superior capabilities. ## Business Applications On Zapier AutomationBench, Opus 5 outperformed rivals in completing real business tasks end-to-end. Even at its lowest effort setting, the model successfully completed more tasks, positioning itself as an ideal tool for business process automation. ## Safety and Alignment Anthropic states Opus 5 is its most aligned model to date, recording the lowest rate of deceptive behavior in automated safety audits. While setting new standards for honesty, it still trails Mythos 5 in offensive cybersecurity tasks. ## Pricing and Access Opus 5 is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. Available as the new default on Claude Max, the model can be accessed via API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry. A Fast mode option is also available. ## The Future of AI Market Anthropic's rapid model releases indicate where the AI market is heading. The company now delivers four models targeting different price-performance segments in just eight weeks. Opus 5 emerges as a suitable option for everyday coding and knowledge work. ## Sources covering this story - https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-claude-opus-5-launch-frontier-bench-coding — --- _Summary written by Brifing from the original reporting. Copyright in the original article belongs to its publisher; read the full piece at the link above._