Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus model from Feb 2026, still on Arena (Text #3, Vision #3).

Anthropic
Levelmodel
ClassLLM
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedFeb 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Benchmark Results

independent
Arena Text leaderboardhuman preference arena
highindependent
1,504 ±3
1,2001,4001,600

Score in Elo; the axis starts at 1,200, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.

rank 3, Arena Text overall8 Oct 2026 arena.ai
Arena Vision leaderboardhuman preference arena
highindependent
1,299 ±6
1,2701,2901,310

Score in Elo; the axis starts at 1,270, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.

rank 3 of 165, Arena Vision overall, style control default, 165 models9 Oct 2026 arena.ai
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).

Lineage

successor
Claude Opus 4.6 to Claude Opus 4.7: successor, medium confidenceClaude Opus 4.7 to Claude Opus 4.8: successor, medium confidenceClaude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic, Feb 2026Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.7 is a child (successor)medium confidencenotes
Where this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 3 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.

R&D Topics

Identity

Developer
Anthropic
Family
Claude
Released
Feb 2026 sourcesnotes
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
not in the notes
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
text
Output
text
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
proprietary
Licence
Proprietary sources
Access routes
API
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. Newsroom anthropic.com https://www.anthropic.com/news
  2. Best AI models, October 2026: Opus 5.5, GPT-6, Gemini slash-digital.io https://slash-digital.io/en/insights/ai-models-2026/
  3. Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 with Fable 5.1-level performance at lower cost - AI News vpsranking.com https://vpsranking.com/news/ai/ai-2026-09-22-anthropic-claude-opus-5-5/
  4. Text Arena: LLM Rankings & AI Model Benchmarks arena.ai https://arena.ai/leaderboard/chat/text

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Claude Opus 4.6", https://aurion.semai.id/models/anthropic-claude-opus-4-6/, records of October 2026.