Fugu Ultra vs Claude Opus 5
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Sakana AI
|
by Anthropic
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|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current flagship |
| Released | Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $5.00/Mtok | $5.00/Mtok |
| Output | $30.00/Mtok | $25.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $11.25/Mtok | $10.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.500/Mtok | $0.500/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
|
textimage
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| Benchmarks sources: n/a / Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | — | 84.2 |
| Perf / dollar | — | 8.4 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 97 |
| BrowseComp | — | 90.8 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 64.7 |
| AutoBench | — | 26 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | — | 63.1 |
| AA Agentic Index | — | 59.2 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | — | 37.1 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | — | 1846.2 ELO |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Sakana AI — $5.00/$30.00/Mtok
|
Anthropic — $5.00/$25.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Fugu Ultra | Claude Opus 5 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $11.25 | $10 | $1.25 (11.1%) |
| 10M tokens | $112.5 | $100 | $12.5 (11.1%) |
| 100M tokens | $1125 | $1000 | $125 (11.1%) |
| 1000M tokens | $11250 | $10000 | $1250 (11.1%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- this pairing gives Fugu Ultra no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
- cost dominates: $10.00/Mtok blended vs $11.25 — 11.1% less on the same 50/50 token mix
The cheaper option here — Claude Opus 5 costs $10.00/Mtok blended on Anthropic.
Summary
Fugu Ultra by Sakana AI costs $5.00/Mtok input and $30.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic costs $5.00/Mtok input and $25.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Claude Opus 5 is 11.1% cheaper than Fugu Ultra.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Claude Opus 5 has published per-benchmark results, while Fugu Ultra does not yet.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.