MakerAnthropic
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2026
API price (per 1M tokens)$10 in / $50 out
Open weightsNo
Best for
- The hardest reasoning problems
- Long-running agents
- High-stakes research
Strengths
- #1 on the Arena agent leaderboard
- Cache reads cut to $0.25 per million tokens
Watch out for
- Premium price: 2.5x Opus 5.5
- Shipped with breaking API changes
Ranking history
| Edition | Power Rankings | Coding | Best Value | Open-Weight Watch | Image Generation | Video Generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 39, 2026 | #2 (95) | #3 (93) | — | — | — | — |