Claude Opus 5 lands at half the price and becomes the default on Claude Max
minchoi · x · 2026-07-25
Claude Opus 5 is being positioned as a major upgrade, with the post claiming it reaches near-Fable-5-level intelligence at half the price.
It also notes that Opus 5 becomes the default model on Claude Max, which makes the release more than a benchmark screenshot: it changes what users actually get by default.
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