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Claude 3 Opus

Claude Opus · Released 2024-03-04

Anthropic's March 2024 Opus.

Pre-Opus-4 historical baseline — not a current pick.

Composite26
Context200K
Input / 1M$15
Output / 1M$75
Knowledge cutoff2023-08-01
Statuslightweight
Not enough families covered yet.Add more benchmark rows for Claude 3 Opus to see the family profile.
Benchmark placements

Where Claude 3 Opus places on each public benchmark source that publishes a row. Rank counts every model with a latest row in the same test — not a universal quality score.

BenchmarkFamilyRankScoreSourceDate
AA output speedPerformance#148/ 195Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
GPQA DiamondReasoning#178/ 18449Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning#186/ 1863Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
Family context

The three highest-scoring models with pages in each capability family. Where Claude 3 Opus shows up, it's highlighted.

Newest receipts

Benchmark rows added to the public ledger for Claude 3 Opus in the last 120 days. Older rows live in the full table below.

3 recent
BenchmarkFamilyScoreSourceDays ago
AA output speedPerformance0 t/sArtificial Analysis24
GPQA DiamondReasoning48.9%Artificial Analysis24
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning2.8%Artificial Analysis24
Family coverage

A high composite that hides a weak family is a trap. These bars surface the families where this model hasn't been publicly tested, and where it leads.

Reasoning49
Price vs. performance
0255075100$0.10$0.30$1$3$10$30input USD / 1M tokens · log scale →← intelligence

Hover any dot for name, score, and input price. Keyboard: tab through the top twelve, or use the ranking below.

AnthropicOpenAIGoogleAlibabaMetaZhipuxAIDeepSeekMiniMaxXiaomiMoonshotOtherMeituanMistralNVIDIACohere

Full benchmark ledger

Every catalog benchmark for Claude 3 Opus. Scores link to the original source; gaps mean no public row exists yet.

3 sourced rows

3 of 13 catalog benchmarks have a sourced row for Claude 3 Opus.

Reasoning

Performance

Sources

Questions this model page answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

What is Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3 Opus is a Anthropic model: Anthropic's March 2024 Opus.

What is Claude 3 Opus for?

Pre-Opus-4 historical baseline — not a current pick.

What does Claude 3 Opus cost?

Claude 3 Opus lists $15 input and $75 output per 1M tokens. Pricing last checked 2026-06-09.

How large is the Claude 3 Opus context window?

Claude 3 Opus publishes a 200K token context window.

What is the VerdictPal status of Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3 Opus carries Lightweight status on the model atlas.

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