Claude Opus 5.5 Paid vs PEPerceptron Mk1.5 Paid
Claude Opus 5.5 vs Perceptron Mk1.5 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
Claude Opus 5.5 — full profile › · Perceptron Mk1.5 — full profile ›
Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai
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$20 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
$1.5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
Claude Opus 5.5 vs Perceptron Mk1.5 specs
| Spec | Claude Opus 5.5 | Perceptron Mk1.5 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Perceptron | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 37K tokens | |
| Input price | $4/M | $0.15/M | PEPerceptron Mk1.5 |
| Output price | $20/M | $1.5/M | PEPerceptron Mk1.5 |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Price gap & when to choose each
Perceptron Mk1.5 is ~13× cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 on output tokens ($1.5 vs $20 per M tokens).
- You want frontier performance through a managed API
- You need the longer 1M context window
- You value reliability & ecosystem
- You don't want to manage infrastructure
- You want frontier performance through a managed API
- You want the lower output price
- You value reliability & ecosystem
- You don't want to manage infrastructure
Feature comparison
| Capability | Claude Opus 5.5 | Perceptron Mk1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1M+ context window | ✓ | ✗ |
Benchmarks: Claude Opus 5.5 vs Perceptron Mk1.5
Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).
Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.
How Claude Opus 5.5 and Perceptron Mk1.5 score
| Criterion | Claude Opus 5.5 | Perceptron Mk1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Context window | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.
What each model is
Claude Opus 5.5 Paid
Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work, succeeding Claude Opus 5. It is particularly strong at multi-step changes in large codebases, code...
Perceptron Mk1.5 Paid
Perceptron Mk1.5 is Perceptron's embodied reasoning model for physical agents. It accepts text, image, video, and audio input, and answers with text plus optional structured annotations: points, boxes, polygons, tracks,...
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Frequently asked questions
Claude Opus 5.5 vs Perceptron Mk1.5 — which is cheaper?
Perceptron Mk1.5 is cheaper on output ($1.5/M vs $20/M).
Which has the larger context window?
Claude Opus 5.5 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).
Claude Opus 5.5 vs Perceptron Mk1.5 — which should I pick in 2026?
Choose Perceptron Mk1.5 for the lower output price ($1.5/M vs $20/M). Choose Claude Opus 5.5 if you need the larger 1M context window.
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