Hands-on With Opus 5.5: Same Feel as 4.6, More Power, ~40% Cheaper Than Opus 5
EricBuess · x · 2026-09-23
Developer @adocomplete shares early hands-on impressions of Opus 5.5: it keeps the easy back-and-forth feel of Opus 4.6 but with more horsepower underneath, calling it the most fun he's had in Claude Code in a while. Key detail: it's roughly 40% cheaper than Opus 5 on typical workloads — the most concrete experience and cost data yet on the unreleased model.
Related event: Hands-On: Claude Opus 5.5 Is ~30% Faster and ~40% Cheaper per Task(5 posts)→
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