Cheaper tokens, pricier tasks: Opus 5.5 costs $13.04 per coding task, up 21%
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-09-24
Despite token price cuts, Opus 5.5's cost per Coding Agent Index task is $13.04, 21% above Opus 5 — it burns 15.6M tokens per task vs 11.4M, with output tokens rising from 137k to 333k as the main cost driver.
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