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Claude Mythos 5.2

Claude Mythos 5.2 has no overall index value yet because there are too few independent benchmark results.

Intelligencenot ranked yet

n/aOverall indexhigher is better

Speednot measured

n/ano measurement yet

PriceRank 99 of 103

Input $8 · Output $40

$16per 1M tokenslower is better

ContextRank 37 of 112

1Mtokens at once≈ 1,500 A4 pages

Summary

It is expensive: $16 per 1M tokens (input and output blended); a typical model costs $1.50.

Claude Mythos 5.2 is an API variant of Claude Fable 5.2 for verified organizations. Anthropic lists it under a separate model ID and limits access to its verification programs.

The API accepts text and images. It offers a one-million-token context window, up to 128,000 output tokens, and adaptive thinking with high as the default effort.

Prices

1 offer, prices in US dollars per 1M tokens, blended from 3 parts input and 1 part output.

ProviderInputOutputCache readCache writeBlended
Anthropicdirect$8$40$0.20$10$16

Direct price according to the developer, checked Nov 12, 2026. Open the LLM price index

More price tiers and rules
Batch pricing
$4 input and $20 output per million tokens.Source
Fast pricing
$16 input and $80 output per million tokens in the optional fast mode.Source

Cost for your load

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens cost $36.00 with Claude Mythos 5.2. Enter your own load in the cost calculator

All specifications

Input and output

Input
Text and images.
Source: Input
Output
Text.
Source: Output

Watermarking and provenance

AI watermarking refers to invisible signals embedded in the output. Visible marks and provenance metadata are listed separately. Unknown means there is insufficient evidence for that particular field.

AI watermarking
Unknown
no source
Watermarking technique
Not known
no source

Licence and access

Shutdown
None announced
no source

API

API model ID
claude-mythos-5-2
Source: API model ID

Further details

Underlying model
Anthropic identifies Claude Mythos 5.2 and Claude Fable 5.2 as sharing the same underlying model. Mythos is the separate API variant for verified organizations.
Source: Underlying model
Reasoning
Adaptive thinking is always on. The API defaults to high effort.
Source: Reasoning

Frequently asked questions about Claude Mythos 5.2

How much does Claude Mythos 5.2 cost?

Through the API $8 per 1M input tokens and $40 output. That is expensive.

PriceDollars per 1M tokens, input and output blended · lower is better
Claude Opus 5$10
GPT-5.5$11.25
Claude Mythos 5.2Rank 99 of 103$16
Claude Fable 5.2$16
Claude Fable 5.1$20
GPT-6 Astra$20
Claude Fable 5$20

What is the knowledge cutoff of Claude Mythos 5.2?

June 2026, according to Anthropic. That is 5 months before release.

Stated by Anthropic

How large is the context window of Claude Mythos 5.2?

1 M tokens. That is how much text Claude Mythos 5.2 reads at once, about 1,500 A4 pages.

Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis

Context windowTokens the model reads at once · higher is better
Claude Mythos 5.2Rank 37 of 1121M
Claude Fable 5.21M
Claude Opus 5.51M
Claude Fable 5.11M
Claude Sonnet 5.51M
Muse Wonder Full1M
Claude Opus 51M

Can I run Claude Mythos 5.2 locally?

No. Anthropic does not publish the weights.

Stated by Anthropic

Open weights
no
License
n/a
Parameters
n/a
active per token
n/a

Where can I use Claude Mythos 5.2?

Through the API. Subscription access is not documented in the available plan data.

Through the API

$8 input, $40 output per 1M tokens.