Hot on the heels of Gemini 3, Anthropic has just released a new AI model. Claude Opus 4.5 is the newest, most powerful version in the Claude line-up, boosting its thinking and coding abilities drastically.

Anthropic offers three different versions of its Claude AI system. Haiku is the fastest and most cost-effective, Sonnet sits in the middle, blending ability and efficiency, and Opus is its most intelligent and capable model, designed for the most challenging tasks.

Both Haiku and Sonnet received updates in recent months, so an Opus update was widely expected. So what is new and how does it match up to its competitors?

Claude Opus 4.5 — what’s new?

Unlike some of its competitors, Anthropic isn’t focused on the bells and whistles. That means there are no image or video generators, and

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