# Anthropic — What a task costs on Opus 5.5

- Company: Anthropic (anthropic.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-22
- Category: pricing-change
- Coverage: 6 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://claude.com/blog/what-a-task-costs-on-opus-5-5
- Record: https://forck.live/items/13095-what-a-task-costs-on-opus-5-5
- Subject: Claude
- Models affected: Opus 5.5
- Pricing: Opus 5.5: $4 per million input tokens, $20 per million output tokens, $0.20 per million cache reads. Input and output tokens are 20% cheaper than Opus 5. Cache reads are 60% cheaper than Opus 5.

Anthropic announced pricing for Claude Opus 5.5, which costs less per token than Opus 5. Input and output tokens are 20% cheaper, and cache reads are 60% cheaper. The post explains how task costs vary based on the number of turns, cache hit rates, output token usage, and model selection.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://claude.com/blog/what-a-task-costs-on-opus-5-5:

> Every price line is lower. Input and output tokens are 20% cheaper than on Opus 5. Cache reads are 60% cheaper.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- Economic Times — Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 5.5: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-unveils-claude-opus-5-5/articleshow/134417201.cms
- The New Stack — Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 and cuts pricing by 20%. Your agent calls might secretly get routed to an older model.: https://thenewstack.io/claude-opus-5-5-release
- Unite — Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Pricing and New Safeguards: https://unite.ai/anthropic-releases-claude-opus-5-5-with-lower-pricing-and-new-safeguards
- Blockchain News — Claude Opus 5.5 Cuts Costs With Cheaper Tokens and Smarter Tasks: https://blockchain.news/news/claude-opus-5-5-cost-reduction
- ZeroHedge News — 'Pausing' Intensifies: OpenAI Unleashes Latest Model Minutes After Dario Dumps Magnum Opus: https://zerohedge.com/ai/anthropic-paces-frontier-unleashing-its-most-powerful-opus-yet-and-slashing-prices-60
- MarkTechPost: https://marktechpost.com/2026/09/22/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5-release

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