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Claude Opus 5.5

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  1. GodelNumbering · · focus · HN ↗
    Finally that price drop

       Prices per 1M tokens     Claude Opus 5.5    Claude Opus 5
       Cache reads              $0.20              $0.50
       Input tokens             $4                 $5
       Output tokens            $20                $25
       Cache writes             $5                 $6.25
    
    
    Opus 5 is the model with highest spend on openrouter (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openrouter.ai&#x2F;rankings#task-spend" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openrouter.ai&#x2F;rankings#task-spend) and it seems plausible that Opus 5 is&#x2F;was the highest spend model in the world, and certainly Anthropic&#x27;s biggest moneymaker.

    If you are forced to reduce price despite raising capabilities, that certainly tells something about the market, and potentially about Anthropic future profitability too, since this model is their biggest topline contributor

    1. UltraSane · · focus · HN ↗
      Opus 5.5 seems to consume quota a lot slower also.
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