Claude Opus 4.6 (High)
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Claude Opus 4.6 (High) is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 6 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1316±6 from 22,286 votes. Its best category is Creative writing (#3 of 104). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
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Who it suits
- Overall #6 of 167: top tier, suited to demanding image-understanding work.
- Strongest category: Creative writing (#3 of 104).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (High) Anthropic | 1320 | 17,743 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (High) Anthropic | 1316 | 22,286 | Proprietary | |
| 7 |  Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.7 (High) Anthropic | 1313 | 22,731 | Proprietary | -3 |
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 (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 6 (1316); OCR rank 7 (1326); Diagrams rank 9 (1332); Homework rank 10 (1337); Entity recognition rank 12 (1272); Creative writing rank 3 (1331); Humor rank 9 (1314); English rank 1 (1324); Chinese rank 13 (1367) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude Opus 4.6 (High) at OCR?
Claude Opus 4.6 (High) ranks 7 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1326 (15,908 votes).
Is Claude Opus 4.6 (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #13 of 128 (1367); English board: #1 of 167 (1324). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude Opus 4.6 (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Claude Opus 4.6 (High) has 1316, 9 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 –.