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Claude Opus 4.5 Hits Amazon Bedrock With Smarter AI at Lower Cost

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 Debuts on Amazon Bedrock Platform

Artificial intelligence just got sharper - and more affordable. Anthropic has rolled out its latest foundation model, Claude Opus 4.5, now available through Amazon's fully managed Bedrock service. This release marks a notable leap forward in AI capabilities, particularly for technical and business applications.

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Coding Gets a Major Boost

The new model demonstrates particular strength where it counts most for developers: coding proficiency. In rigorous testing against the SWE-bench Verified benchmark - essentially an AI report card for software engineering skills - Opus 4.5 scored an impressive 80.9%. That performance edge translates directly to real-world benefits, potentially trimming weeks off development cycles.

"What excites us most is how this version handles multilingual coding scenarios," explains an Anthropic spokesperson familiar with the release. "Teams working across different programming languages will notice smarter code generation, better test coverage recommendations, and more thoughtful architectural suggestions."

Your New Office Assistant?

Beyond the developer toolkit, Claude Opus 4.5 shows surprising versatility in everyday business tasks. Need a polished PowerPoint deck by morning? The model can assemble professional presentations automatically. Complex Excel models giving you headaches? It crunches numbers with accountant-level precision.

The financial sector stands to benefit especially from these office automation capabilities where accuracy isn't just convenient - it's mandatory.

Smarter Tools for Complex Jobs

Two standout features aim to make developers' lives easier:

  • Dynamic Tool Discovery: Instead of loading every possible utility upfront (and wasting resources), agents can now find and load tools exactly when needed.
  • Tool Usage Examples: Even complex API calls become more approachable with clear usage demonstrations built right in.

"It's like having a Swiss Army knife that magically grows the exact tool you need," describes one beta tester working in cybersecurity applications.

Affordable Power Meets Enterprise Needs

The pricing structure makes adoption practical: $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens represents about one-third the cost of previous Opus versions while delivering better performance than both Sonnet 4.5 and Opus 4.1.

Through Amazon Bedrock's AgentCore functionality, businesses can deploy Claude Opus 4.5 across various scenarios:

  • Accelerating software development pipelines
  • Streamlining enterprise operations
  • Enhancing financial modeling accuracy
  • Strengthening cybersecurity defenses

The platform ensures reliable performance even during peak demand periods through cross-region inference capabilities.

Key Points:

🚀 Performance Leader - Scores highest marks ever recorded on professional coding benchmarks (80.9% SWE-bench Verified) 💼 Business Ready - Automates PowerPoints, Excel models and Word docs with finance-grade precision 🛠️ Developer Friendly - Dynamic tool loading saves resources while usage examples simplify complex integrations 💰 Cost Effective - Priced at $5/$25 per million tokens represents significant savings over previous versions

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