{"slug": "claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less", "title": "Claude Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 performance at lower cost and promises less \"Claudish\" writing", "summary": "Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in a new generation, which the company says matches Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing about 40 percent less to run than Opus 5. Anthropic's benchmarks also place Claude Opus 5.5 ahead of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on most tasks despite being significantly cheaper, and Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 are expected in the coming weeks.", "body_md": "Anthropic is launching Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in a new generation. The company says it matches Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing about 40 percent less to run than Opus 5. Anthropic's benchmarks also put it ahead of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on most tasks, despite being significantly cheaper. Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 are expected in the coming weeks.\n\nThe article [Claude Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 performance at lower cost and promises less \"Claudish\" writing](https://the-decoder.com/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-at-40-percent-lower-cost-as-anthropic-promises-to-fix-claudish-writing/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-at-40-percent-lower-cost-as-anthropic-promises-to-fix-claudish-writing/", "published_at": "2026-09-22 16:31:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 16:53:50.798023+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Opus 5.5", "Claude Fable 5.1", "Claude Opus 5", "OpenAI", "GPT-6 Astra", "Sonnet 5.5", "Haiku 5.5"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-opus-5-5-matches-fable-5-1-performance-at-lower-cost-and-promises-less.jsonld"}}