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Anthropic

Claude 4 (Opus 4 and Sonnet 4)

Announced May 22, 2025

Longer coding workflows

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What could it do?

The models handled long multi step coding tasks and used tools like web search while reasoning, and Claude Code became generally available.

02

What changed?

Introduced Opus 4 and Sonnet 4, with extended thinking and tool use.

WHY IT MATTERED

Coding workflows

Launched alongside general availability of Claude Code.

03

Which version is this?

This is a family announcement, not a single model. Benchmarks need a specific variant.

Research draft

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Benchmark results

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