Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Intelligence
53
#17/523
Coding
48.1
#16/429
Math
—
Speed
48 tok/s
TTFT: 10.43s
Pricing
$5.00 / $25.00
per 1M tokens (in/out)
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is Anthropic’s advanced AI model designed for various reasoning tasks. It processes at 47.679 tokens per second and is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, targeting professional users.
When to Use Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
✓ Best For
- Complex problem-solving tasks.
- Software development and coding assistance.
- Data analysis and interpretation.
✗ Not Ideal For
- Basic conversational applications.
- High-speed real-time processing needs.
How Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) Compares
Intelligence Index · Higher is better
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Benchmark Profile
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All Benchmark Scores (33)
| Benchmark | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 53 | |
| Coding Index | 48.1 | |
| GPQA | 896% | |
| HLE | 367% | |
| SciCode | 51.9% | |
| IFBench | 53.1% | |
| LCR | 70.7% | |
| TerminalBench Hard | 46.2% | |
| Tau2 | 92.1% | |
| AIME 2025 | 99.8% | |
| ARC-AGI v2 | 68.8% | |
| BrowseComp | 84% | |
| CharXiv-R | 77.4% | |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | |
| DeepSearchQA | 91.3% | |
| FigQA | 78.3% | |
| Finance Agent | 60.7% | |
| GDPval-AA | 1606% | |
| Graphwalks BFS >128k | 61.5% | |
| Graphwalks parents >128k | 95.4% | |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 53.1% | |
| MCP Atlas | 59.5% | |
| MMMLU | 91.1% | |
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | |
| MRCR v2 (8-needle) | 93% | |
| OpenRCA | 34.9% | |
| OSWorld | 72.7% | |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 77.8% | |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 80.8% | |
| Tau2 Retail | 91.9% | |
| Tau2 Telecom | 99.3% | |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 8017.6% |
Data: Artificial Analysis · Updated: April 10, 2026
Frequently Asked Questions (15)
When was Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) released?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) was released on February 5, 2026.
Who created Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) was created by Anthropic.
How intelligent is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) scores 53 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 31).
How fast is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) generates output at 49.2 tokens per second (based on Anthropic's API), which is below average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 67.8 t/s).
What is the latency of Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 18.65s (based on Anthropic's API), which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 2.64s).
How much does Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) cost?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $1.35) and $25.00 per 1M output tokens (at the higher end, median: $8.40), based on Anthropic's API.
What is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) API pricing?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $25.00 per 1M output tokens (based on Anthropic's API). For a blended rate (3:1 input to output ratio), this is $10.00 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider.
How verbose is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) generated 160M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 30M).
Is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) a reasoning model?
Yes, Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
What input modalities does Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) support?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) supports text and image input.
What output modalities does Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) support?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) supports text output.
Can Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) process images?
Yes, Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) multimodal?
Yes, Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
What is the context window of Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)?
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) open source?
No, Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
