Last updated: April 5, 2026 · Reviewed by Daniel Ashford
Anthropic Models — Complete Evaluation (2026)
3 models evaluated across 6 dimensions
👑 Claude Opus 496.0
Frontier · $15/$75 per M
Best overall quality. Exceptional reasoning and safety alignment. Premium pricing justified by unmatched depth on complex tasks.
Claude Sonnet 493.2
Performance · $3/$15 per M
Best price-to-performance ratio. Nearly Opus-level quality at 80% lower cost. The production workhorse.
Claude Haiku 4.585.5
Value · $0.8/$4 per M
Fastest Claude with best safety in its price class. Ideal for classification and routing.