Claude Opus 4
- Next shutdown
- None setNo date on 2 platforms
- Arena Text
- 1,426#60 of 128 · Arena
- GPQA Diamond
- 76.3%#70 of 108 · Epoch AI
- Context window
- 200KMax output 32K tokens
- Released
- May 22, 2025Anthropic
Dates on every platform
2 listings · a floor is the earliest possible date
| Platform | Model ID and status | Deprecated | Shuts down | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude APIAnthropic: Model deprecations (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | claude-opus-4-20250514Shut down | Shut down | Claude Opus 4.8 | |
| Google Vertex AIGoogle Cloud: Claude Opus 4 on Google Cloud (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | claude-opus-4@20250514Active · also claude-opus-4 | – | Floor passedNot sooner than | – |
Retired on the Claude API on June 15, 2026. Google lists no shutdown date here; its earliest retirement date has passed.
What breaks when you move off Claude Opus 4
No breaking changes are recorded for the move to Claude Opus 4.8. Run your own cases on it before the date.
Intelligence
Third-party results, credited below
| Benchmark | Publisher | Score | Rank | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | Arena | 1,426 ± 2 | #60 of 128 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| GPQA Diamond | Epoch AI | 76.3% ± 3.0% | #70 of 108 | May 22, 2025 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Epoch AI | 64.4% ± 7.2% | #76 of 105 | May 28, 2025 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Epoch AI | 70.7% ± 2.1% | #20 of 28 | Feb 6, 2026 |
Arena (arena.ai), https://arena.ai/leaderboard
Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from ‘https://epoch.ai/benchmarks’ [online resource].
Change history
ShutdownClaude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 shut down on the Claude APIClaude API
Requests to claude-sonnet-4-20250514 and claude-opus-4-20250514 fail from the retirement date. Anthropic named Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 as the replacements.
- Platform
- Claude API
- Models
- Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Opus 4
- Announced