Anthropic model
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 in the public Anthropic catalog.
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Availability
- Available
- Model ID
- claude-opus-4-6
- Snapshot
- 2026-10-07
Claude Opus 4.6 Benchmarks & Agentic Accuracy
Verified primary research & developer preference metrics
What This Means in Real Software Development
- 90.0% score on AIME competition problems demonstrates unmatched multi-hop deductive capability.
- 78.0% SWE-bench Verified pass rate, finding subtle bugs in deep async pipelines that defeat standard models.
- Superior code verification: writes formal assertions and comprehensive test matrices automatically.
- High-value model for complex compiler internals, distributed consensus algorithms, and database engines.
Swarm Multi-Agent Topology
Best Paired With: Gemini 3.8 Flash for subagent execution
Deconstructs complex requirements into airtight Task Programs with deterministic validation criteria.
Executes deep architectural refactors inside dedicated Git worktrees with 100% test isolation.
What Developers & Practitioners Are Saying
Real-world field observations, production strengths, and developer consensus
"Frontier reasoning engine designed for mission-critical engineering, formal verification, and complex security audits."
Verified Real-World Strengths
- Near-zero hallucination on static analysis and security vulnerability triage
- World-class dependency graph planning for multi-stage pipelines
- 78.0% on SWE-bench Verified with state-of-the-art multi-step planning
Production Caveats & Gaps
- High per-token cost makes uncurated context dumps expensive
- Thinking tokens add latency to interactive CLI turns
Primary Sources & Methodology Citations
- Claude Opus 4.6 Advanced Evaluations — Anthropic (February 2026)
Head-to-Head Frontier Comparisons: Claude Opus 4.6 vs Rivals
Standardized, side-by-side benchmark & economics comparison against peer models
| Model | Role / Tier | SWE-bench | LiveCodeBench | LMSYS Elo | AIME | Input / Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicCurrent | Tier 1: Senior Principal Architect | 78% | 68.5% | 1438 | 90% | $15 / $75 |
OpenAI o3OpenAI Compare Claude Opus 4.6 vs OpenAI o3 → | Tier 1: Frontier Architect & Deductive Specialist | 71.7% | 76.2% | 1415 | 92.4% | $5 / $20 |
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle Compare Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview → | Tier 1: Frontier Large-Context Architect | 71% | 62.4% | 1395 | 86.5% | $2.5 / $10 |
xAI Grok 4.20xAI Compare Claude Opus 4.6 vs xAI Grok 4.20 → | Tier 1: Frontier Systems Specialist | 58.5% | 54.2% | 1375 | 76% | $2 / $8 |
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic Compare Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5 → | Tier 1: Master Architect | 75.8% | 67.2% | 1435 | 87.5% | $3 / $15 |
Claude Opus 4.6 model overview
Claude Opus 4.6 is listed in the public Swarm catalog through Anthropic. This page summarizes the verified catalog fields used by Swarm without claiming real-time access for every provider account.
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Family
- Claude
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Thinking support
- off · low · medium · high
- Availability status
- Available
- Catalog ID
- anthropic/claude-opus-4-6
Run Claude Opus 4.6 in Swarm
Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture
swarm ctl model set --provider anthropic --model anthropic/claude-opus-4-6# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:
/modelsSubagent Role Matrix
Assign Claude Opus 4.6 to specialized system roles in ~/.swarm/config.json:
- Primary / Planner: Orchestrates full task DAGs and multi-stage pipelines.
- Coder Subagent: Generates code and unit tests inside private Git worktrees.
- Finder Subagent: Performs read-only code search, symbol discovery, and mapping.
Public catalog snapshot. Catalog availability is not a real-time provider status or an access guarantee.