Claude Opus 5.5 delivers Fable 5.1 performance - and costs 40% less - ZDNET
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ZDNET’s key takeaways
Claude Opus 5.5 could be a big win for power users.
Developers may see faster coding with fewer steps.
Anthropic says the upgrade is safer, cheaper, and less wordy.
Less than two months after the release of Claude Opus 5, Anthropic is back with Opus 5.5. The big pitch for Opus 5 was that it had “near Fable” performance at half the price. This time, the headline is that the workhorse AI Opus 5.5 delivers Fable 5.1 performance for most work and cost...
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