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AI models · Anthropic

Claude Mythos 5.1

“Our most capable model for cybersecurity and biology research.” Anthropic, in its own words

  • —no public price
  • Not statedcontext window
  • 0of 21 independent tests that place it near the top
The facts

Claude Mythos 5.1 at a glance.

From Anthropic's own pages, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. A token is a word or part of a word. Prices can change; check the maker's page before you build on them.

Made by
AnthropicBased in US
What it is for
“Our most capable model for cybersecurity and biology research.”Anthropic: Claude Mythos product page, Oct 20, 2026 · in Anthropic's words
Reads at once
Not statedIts context window: how much text it can take in one go
Takes in
Not stated
Download
No, online only
Price for developers

Anthropic shows no public price for it.

No public per-token price found. Mythos page: 'Claude Mythos 5.1 is available to vetted cyberdefenders and life scientists through our trusted access programs.'

Anthropic: Claude Mythos product page, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Independent tests

Where it ranks.

Its position on each of the 21 tests the models page uses, by testers other than the maker. Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown under their open licenses; for LMArena, Scale and Vals we give the position and link to their own leaderboard. Each list is a snapshot with its date.

All-round
TestRankScore
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026Not in the top 30
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
Coding
TestRankScore
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026Not in the top 16
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Writing and conversation
TestRankScore
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena creative writingLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026Not in the top 15
Agents and computer use
TestRankScore
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
Remote Labor IndexScale AINot in the top 16
Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026Not in the top 9
Math and science
TestRankScore
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot in the top 17
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026Not in the top 20
Images and documents
TestRankScore
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026Not in the top 20
More exam questions
TestRankScore
GPQA DiamondVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
MMMU ProVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
Sticking to the facts
TestRankScore
Vectara hallucination testVectara, Oct 16, 2026Not in our copy of the list

“Not in the top” means it isn't among the models in our copy of that list, which runs to the position shown; it may not have been tested. Vectara's test ranks by how rarely a model adds facts, so lower is better. Positions can be shared when scores tie. Epoch's range is its margin of uncertainty. Epoch AI and Vectara data: CC BY 4.0 and Apache-2.0.

For people, not developers

What Claude costs.

Anthropic's chat app, priced by the month in US dollars on its own pages. Which plans include Claude Mythos 5.1 is on Anthropic's pages.

Every chat app's plans
Claude
PlanA month
FreeFree
Pro$20
Maxfrom $100
Team (Standard seat)$25 a seat
Team (Premium seat)$125 a seat
Enterprise$20 a seat + usage

Anthropic pricing page, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Our note: Restricted access, not generally available. Anthropic: 'Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 are the same underlying model'; announcement blurb: 'Access remains limited to a small set of vetted organizations.' Context and input types not separately stated for Mythos; left empty.