Anthropic

The Claude family

Anthropic's Claude models, told apart by tier names such as Opus and Sonnet and by version number.

Only versions we have a record for. Missing ones appear as records are added.

20versions2023–2026Latest · Claude Haiku 5.5

At a glance

Where labels would overlap, only the dot is drawn — point at it to see the name; every version is in the list below.

20 versions

In release order. Each date comes from the record that documents it — open a name to see the record.

  1. Claude

    Launched to the public the same day as GPT-4

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  2. Claude 2

    Released together with the claude.ai website

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  3. Claude Instant 1.2

    Updated the fast, low-cost light model

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  4. Claude 2.1

    Released with a 200K-token context window

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  5. Claude 3

    Brought three tiers — Haiku, Sonnet, Opus — and image input

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  6. Claude 3.5 Sonnet

    First 3.5 model, launched with Artifacts

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  7. Claude 3.5 Haiku / upgraded 3.5 Sonnet

    Released alongside computer use (beta)

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  8. Claude 3.7 Sonnet

    Hybrid reasoning model with an adjustable thinking budget

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  9. Claude Opus 4 / Sonnet 4

    Fourth generation, combining instant answers and extended thinking

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  10. Claude Opus 4.1

    Improved Opus 4 on coding and agent tasks

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  11. Claude Sonnet 4.5

    A Sonnet with higher coding and computer-use scores

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  12. Claude Haiku 4.5

    The small model of the 4.5 generation

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  13. Claude Opus 4.5

    Cut the price sharply and added an effort setting

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  14. Claude Opus 4.6

    System card notes it tells evaluations from real use

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  15. Claude Sonnet 4.6

    Released with a 1M-token context window (beta)

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  16. Claude Opus 4.7

    Higher-resolution vision for dense screenshots

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  17. Claude Fable 5.1 / Claude Mythos 5.1

    Mythos 5.1 is offered only to vetted users

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  18. Claude Opus 5.5

    Update claiming gains at a lower price than Opus 5

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  19. Claude Sonnet 5.5

    Mid tier the company says comes close to Opus 5.5

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  20. Claude Haiku 5.5

    Fastest small tier; the company says about 75% cheaper on average than Haiku 4.5

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