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Arena ranks Claude Opus 5.5 first on its text leaderboard
Claude Opus 5.5 tops Arena's text leaderboard, with Anthropic models holding the top six spots, but teams should still test models on their own needs before buying.

Arena's current text leaderboard ranks Claude Opus 5.5 in first place. Anthropic models hold the top six positions on the same board.
For teams evaluating model purchases, leaderboard rankings are one signal among several. Decision makers should validate price, latency, safety, and domain-specific performance against their own workloads before committing.
Source: https://arena.ai/