Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5 delivering frontier intelligence across major coding evaluations with a 2.5x Fast Mode.

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  • ✓Sets new SOTA across multi-file engineering evaluations and deep architectural refactoring
  • ✓Fast Mode generates tokens at 2.5x speed for near-instantaneous streaming feedback
  • ✓Maintains existing pricing tier with immediate availability across Claude.ai, Console, and IDEs
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