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Perplexity AI launches Claude Opus 5.5 as Standard effort level, outperforming Fable 5.1 at 67.6% lower cost
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Perplexity AI announced the availability of Claude Opus 5.5 as the Standard effort level in Perplexity Computer. According to the company's announcement, the model scored 0.610 on their WANDR benchmark at a cost of $4.13 per task. This result slightly outperforms Claude Fable 5.1 while costing 67.6% less per task, representing a significant improvement in cost efficiency for the same benchmark performance tier.
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Claude Opus 5.5 is now available as the Standard effort level in Perplexity Computer.
Performance and Cost
On the WANDR benchmark, Claude Opus 5.5 achieved the following results:
- Score: 0.610 at $4.13 per task
- Comparison: Slightly outperforms Claude Fable 5.1
- Cost efficiency: 67.6% less per task compared to Claude Fable 5.1
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