# Amp — Opus 4.8

- Company: Amp (ampcode.com)
- Announced: 2026-06-04
- Category: model-update
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://ampcode.com/news/opus-4.8
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7740-opus-4-8
- Subject: Amp
- Models affected: Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7
- Pricing: 2× base tokens, down from 6× on 4.7—3× cheaper

Amp released Opus 4.8, a new model that powers its smart mode, replacing Opus 4.7. It is a better coding agent with improved faithfulness, tighter changes, and better self-checking. In internal evals, it solved 62% of tasks, up from 52% for Opus 4.7, and it offers a fast mode at roughly 2.5× speed at 2× base tokens.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://ampcode.com/news/opus-4.8:

> Opus 4.8 now powers Amp's smart mode, replacing Opus 4.7. It is a better coding agent than Opus 4.7: more faithful to the prompt, tighter in the changes it makes, and better at checking its own work. In our internal evals it solved 62% of tasks, up from 4.7's 52% .

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