Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Claude Opus 5 First Impressions: Benchmarks, Pricing, Agentic Coding & Real-World Demos
In this quick first-impressions video, I test Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 5 and compare it to “Fable 5” across major third‑party benchmarks (including Cursor and Devin/Frontier Code), highlighting strong agentic coding results and improved performance at roughly half the price. I cover pricing (same as Opus 4.8), effort/thinking budget tradeoffs, and note Anthropic intentionally reduced cybersecurity capabilities. Then I run real demos on claude.ai and Claude Code (1M context): a Pokémon encyclopedia website, a crowd animation forming “Hello World, I’m Opus” with added camera controls, and an ISS tracker that takes a long time to generate but produces a detailed globe with tracking, footprint, and predicted path. I also point out a questionable benchmark chart detail and share thoughts on model tiers and a planned deeper follow‑up.
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00:00 Opus 5
00:42 Benchmark Wins Explained
00:59 Agentic Coding Breakthrough
01:30 Third Party Coding Scores
03:18 Pricing Availability Safety
04:54 Hands On Creative Demos
08:06 ISS Tracker Verdict Wrap
Claude Opus 5 First Impressions: Benchmarks, Pricing, Agentic Coding & Real-World Demos
In this quick first-impressions video, I test Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 5 and compare it to “Fable 5” across major third‑party benchmarks (including Cursor and Devin/Frontier Code), highlighting strong agentic coding results and improved performance at roughly half the price. I cover pricing (same as Opus 4.8), effort/thinking budget tradeoffs, and note Anthropic intentionally reduced cybersecurity capabilities. Then I run real demos on claude.ai and Claude Code (1M context): a Pokémon encyclopedia website, a crowd animation forming “Hello World, I’m Opus” with added camera controls, and an ISS tracker that takes a long time to generate but produces a detailed globe with tracking, footprint, and predicted path. I also point out a questionable benchmark chart detail and share thoughts on model tiers and a planned deeper follow‑up.
LINK:
anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5
My voice to text App: whryte.com
Website: engineerprompt.ai
RAG Beyond Basics Course:
prompt-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/rag
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Let's Connect:
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00:00 Opus 5
00:42 Benchmark Wins Explained
00:59 Agentic Coding Breakthrough
01:30 Third Party Coding Scores
03:18 Pricing Availability Safety
04:54 Hands On Creative Demos
08:06 ISS Tracker Verdict Wrap
