Claude Opus 4.6
AnthropicProprietary
Claude Opus 4.6 is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 11 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1312±6 from 26,841 votes. Its best category is OCR (#6 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning.
Who it suits
- Overall #11 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#6 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.7 (High) Anthropic | 1313 | 22,731 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 10 |  Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba | 1313 | 9,957 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 11 | Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic | 1312 | 26,841 | Proprietary | |
| 12 |  Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) Meta | 1308 | 5,392 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary | -6 |
Alternatives · More from Anthropic
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 (High) Anthropic | 1325 | 14,714 | Proprietary |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) Anthropic | 1321 | 3,035 | Proprietary |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (High) Anthropic | 1320 | 17,743 | Proprietary |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Claude Opus 4.6 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 11 (1312); OCR rank 6 (1326); Diagrams rank 6 (1340); Homework rank 18 (1327); Entity recognition rank 11 (1274); Creative writing rank 10 (1319); Humor rank 8 (1314); English rank 5 (1319); Chinese rank 11 (1370) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude Opus 4.6 at OCR?
Claude Opus 4.6 ranks 6 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1326 (19,407 votes).
Is Claude Opus 4.6 better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #11 of 128 (1370); English board: #5 of 167 (1319). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude Opus 4.6 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Claude Opus 4.6 has 1312, 13 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.