Best Anthropic Models for Coding
Claude Opus 5 is the best Anthropic model for coding, with a 78.0 Artificial Analysis Coding Index across benchmarks like SWE-bench and SciCode. Claude Fable 5 (76.5) and Claude Fable 5 (batch) (76.5) round out the top three.
AI models ranked by the Artificial Analysis Coding Index, measuring real-world software engineering ability across benchmarks like SWE-bench, SciCode and terminal tasks. The best AI coding models for code generation, debugging and agentic development.
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claude-opus-5ReasoningToolsJSON+160.7 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx78.0Coding - 2claude-fable-5ReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · $10.00/M · 1M ctx76.5Coding
- 3claude-fable-5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx76.5Coding
- 4claude-opus-4.8ReasoningToolsJSON+155.7 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx74.3Coding
- 5claude-opus-4.8:batchReasoningToolsJSON+155.7 intel · $2.50/M · 1M ctx74.3Coding
- 6claude-opus-4.7ReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx73.6Coding
- 7claude-opus-4.7:batchReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · $2.50/M · 1M ctx73.6Coding
- 8claude-sonnet-5ReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · $2.00/M · 1M ctx71.5Coding
- 9claude-sonnet-5:batchReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · $1.00/M · 1M ctx71.5Coding
Frequently asked
What is the best Anthropic model for coding?
Claude Opus 5 is the best Anthropic model for coding, with a 78.0 Artificial Analysis Coding Index across benchmarks like SWE-bench and SciCode. Claude Fable 5 (76.5) and Claude Fable 5 (batch) (76.5) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to Claude Opus 5?
Claude Fable 5 (76.5) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Claude Fable 5 (batch) (76.5). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
How many Anthropic models are there?
modelgrep tracks 26 Anthropic models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Claude Opus 5. 9 of them qualify for this ranking.