Opus 5 Max burns 3x tokens of Medium for marginal gains

Independent tests by PMinervini show Opus 5 Max consumes about 3x the tokens of Opus 5 Medium with only marginal performance gains, an observation echoed by Anthropic staffer Abeirami.

2026-08-27 ~ 2026-08-27 · 2 related posts

• Opus 5 Max burns ~3x tokens of Medium with little gain, staffer says — abeirami · 2026-08-27
• Benchmark shows Opus 5 Max burns 3x tokens with minimal gain over Medium — PMinervini · 2026-08-27