BreakingFebruary 5, 2026
Claude Opus 4.6 Released: 82.1% SWE-bench, 25% Faster
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 on February 5, 2026 with improved benchmarks, faster response times, and enhanced agent capabilities.
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6
On February 5, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, their most capable model to date. The update brings incremental but meaningful improvements across all key metrics.
Key Improvements
SWE-bench Verified: 82.1% (up from 80.9%) GPQA Diamond: 88.5% (up from 87.3%) Response Speed: 25% faster average response times Agent Reliability: 92% task completion without interventionPricing
Pricing remains unchanged at $15/$75 per million tokens, making this a free upgrade for existing users.
Availability
Available now via claude-opus-4-6-20260205 API and rolling out to Claude.ai Pro subscribers.