# Perplexity adds Claude Opus 5.5 to Perplexity Computer

The model serves as the Standard effort level, scoring 0.610 at $4.13 per task on Perplexity's WANDR benchmark.

- The configuration slightly outperforms Claude Fable 5.1 while costing 67.6% less per task.

## Why it matters

Perplexity Computer users can run standard tasks at lower cost while marginally improving benchmark performance.

## Sources

- [Perplexity: Perplexity adds Claude Opus 5.5 to Perplexity Computer](https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/2102439872485355547)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-22. https://dstilled.ai/story/7dfc7f5a-dee7-4dae-bb73-16a562c59c44