# Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Claims Top Spot in AI Rankings, Beating OpenAI and Google

_Friday, June 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.6 last Thursday. The model now holds the top spot in the Artificial Analysis ranking. It stands ahead of OpenAI's GPT-5.2 and the previous Claude Opus 4.5.

Rankings draw from multiple benchmarks, including Humanity's Last Exam. The company scores strongly in the AI agents category. OpenAI's GPT-5.2 leads in coding tests.

Claude Opus 4.6 also ranks first among users on Arena.ai. Blind test participants rate it highest overall. It earns high marks in writing, coding, and instruction following.

Anthropic does not provide models for images or video. Those areas remain led by other companies.

The model carries the highest price among current options. It costs 5 dollars per million input tokens and 25 dollars per million output tokens. Rates rise to 10 dollars for input and 37.50 dollars for output on inputs exceeding 200,000 tokens.

## Sources

- [trendingtopics.eu](https://www.trendingtopics.eu/anthropics-claude-opus-4-6-claims-top-spot-in-ai-rankings-beating-openai-and-google/)

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