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Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) vs Claude Opus 4.6
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Winner summary
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) wins on 2/2 benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
#120 by perf·no signal
Claude Opus 4.6
#54 by perf·#4 by attention
Best value
Claude Opus 4.6
7.9x better value than Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
0.5 pts/$
$90.00/M
Claude Opus 4.6
3.8 pts/$
$15.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)Claude Opus 4.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +3.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
1546.2
Claude Opus 4.6
1542.9
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +6.2
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
1502.8
Claude Opus 4.6
1496.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1546.2 | 1542.9 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1502.8 | 1496.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) | $30.00 | $150.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $600.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $100.00 |