Claude Opus 5.5
Frontier model leading agentic coding, computer use and knowledge work, at 40% lower cost and 30% faster output than Opus 5.
Source: Anthropic announcement · Updated 22 Sept 2026 · provider announcement
Capabilities
Capability ratings
Editorial assessment of what the system can do on each axis, 0-100. Capability is not adoption and not employment impact.
Summary
Long-horizon agentic coding (Terminal-Bench 4.0 66.4%, SWE-bench Pro 89.9%), code review, and programmatic visual generation including code-driven motion graphics.
Strongest axis for this model.
Average across all rated axes.
Published benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| SWE-bench Pro | 89.9 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 57.8 |
| FrontierCode v1.1 | 54.4 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 66.4 |
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Impact
Occupations affected by Claude Opus 5.5 (2)
Occupations with published evidence mapped to this model. A model being able to do something is not evidence that firms use it.
task: Motion graphics model release
Claude Opus 5.5 writes production code that renders motion-graphics video (programmatic animation), collapsing the footage-to-code workflow for short-form motion design.
task: Video editing model release
Claude Opus 5.5 automates editing-adjacent scripting — timeline assembly code, batch captioning pipelines and render automation — around video editing workflows.
Provenance
Where this record came from
- Announcement
- https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5
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