Claude Opus 5.5 Hits GitHub Copilot: Opus-5-Level Results With Far Fewer Tokens
film_girl · x · 2026-09-23
GitHub announced that Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot for Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users across VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, CLI, the coding agent, and more.
- Early testing shows task resolution comparable to Claude Opus 5 while using significantly fewer steps and tokens, with fast error recovery on multistep tasks
- Anthropic's announcement says it costs 40% less to run than Opus 5
- The model watermarks its text outputs without affecting quality, tokens, or cost
- Billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing
Related event: Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5: Smarter, Faster and 40% Cheaper(54 posts)→
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