# Opus 5 costs a third of the price — and that’s actually the problem

> Source: <https://thenewstack.io/opus-5-agentic-coding-cost/>
> Published: 2026-07-24 19:06:23+00:00

On Friday, Anthropic launched Opus 5, the latest iteration of its heavyweight model. Arriving just two months after Opus 4.8

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