Opus 5.5 custa 20% menos por token que o Opus 5 porque exige menos computação para servir

A Anthropic diz que o Opus 5.5 “requires less compute to serve than Opus 5, and its pricing reflects that”: US4 / US20 por milhão de tokens, 20% abaixo do Opus 5.

Evidência

• “Opus 5.5 requires less compute to serve than Opus 5, and its pricing reflects that. Our tests show that at default settings it will cost 40% less than Opus 5 on typical workloads. Input and output tokens are 4 and 20 per million, 20% less than Opus 5.”
• Cache reads: “$0.20 per million tokens, 60% less than Opus 5”; output “more than 30% faster”.
• Tabela confirma Opus 5.5 a 4 / 20 e cache hit $0.20 / MTok.

Ressalvas

• Os 40% em carga típica são teste da própria Anthropic (fonte interessada).

Ligações

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