Claude Opus 5 launches with similar performance as Fable 5 for ‘half the price’
9to5 Google 2026-07-24 18:34:50
Context: Anthropic has launched its new AI model, Claude Opus 5, which offers similar performance to the Fable 5 model but at half the price. The new model is available now on all platforms and is expected to intervene 85% less often than its predecessor. This launch comes as a significant development in the AI market, with Opus 5 poised to provide a more capable and cost-effective solution for a broader user base.
Key Facts
- Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's new AI model, which reportedly delivers results similar in performance to Fable 5 but at half the price, according to benchmarks released by the company.
- The new model performs better than Fable 5 in areas such as business workflows, computer use, and agentic research, although Fable 5 is slightly better in a few other areas.
- Opus 5 is considered the new state-of-the-art in several coding and knowledge work evaluations, and it succeeds in more tasks than other models at high effort when working through business workflows, even when run at minimal effort.
- Fable 5 is currently available to users but carries heavier restrictions, and it still excels in highly advanced tasks such as cybersecurity exploitation and biology.
- Claude Opus 5 is available on all platforms starting from the launch date, July 24, 2026, and is an improvement over Anthropic's previous highest performer, Opus 4.8.