Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is an Anthropic Claude Opus profile, representing the high-capability end of the Claude lineup for difficult coding, agentic, research, and computer-use tasks. This page compares the exact benchmarked variant against other Claude and non-Claude models on capability, runtime, and price.
Introducing Claude OpusModel Snapshot
ReleaseMay 28, 2026
Overall
Rank #1 across 523
61.4
Coding
Rank #4 across 433
56.7
Blended Price
Rank #336 across 355
$10.94/M
Strength Profile
Percentile score by analysis domain.
* Cost is inverted: lower input, output, and blended prices rank higher.
Benchmark Percentiles
Higher bars mean stronger relative placement.
Model Details
Runtime
Output Speed66.3 tok/s
First Token31.03s
Max Outputn/a
Pricing
Blended$10.94/M
All Benchmarks
| Metric | Domain | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | overall | 61.4 | #1 |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Index | coding | 56.7 | #4 |
| GPQA | reasoning | 92.0% | #9 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | reasoning | 45.7% | #1 |
| SciCode |