# TechCrunch — Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance

- Company: TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-22T16:30:07+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/anthropic-releases-opus-5-5-with-lower-prices-and-fable-level-performance/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/13090-anthropic-releases-opus-5-5-with-lower-prices-and-fable-level-performance
- Subject: Reporting
- Models affected: Opus 5.5, Fable, Opus 5, Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5, Mythos
- Pricing: Output tokens will be charged at $20 per mTok for Opus 5.5, compared to $25 for the previous model.

Anthropic released Opus 5.5, a new model that outperforms the larger Fable model on many benchmarks and is cheaper than its predecessor, with output tokens priced at $20 per mTok versus $25 for the previous model. The model is also faster and less prone to jargon. Anthropic stated that Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 will follow in the coming weeks.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/anthropic-releases-opus-5-5-with-lower-prices-and-fable-level-performance/:

> Output tokens will be charged at $20 per mTok for Opus 5.5, compared to $25 for the previous model.

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