Atria Dawn Preview vs Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.8 to 51.8.
Shanghai AI Laboratory · Anthropic · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.8 to 51.8, ranking #1 overall.
The models split the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Atria Dawn Preview
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
Choose Claude Opus 5.5
- overall performance matters — it scores 59.8 and ranks #1 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 31 for Claude Opus 5.5
Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AutomationBench), while Claude Opus 5.5 is better at 1 benchmark (SWE-Bench Pro).
Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude Opus 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Claude Opus 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.
Claude Opus 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Atria Dawn Preview
Claude Opus 5.5
License
Usage and distribution terms
Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Claude Opus 5.5 uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Claude Opus 5.5 was released on 2026-09-22.
Claude Opus 5.5 is 0 month newer than Atria Dawn Preview.
Sep 11, 2026
1 weeks ago
Sep 22, 2026
0 days ago
1w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Claude Opus 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Claude Opus 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.
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Jun 2026
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Claude Opus 5.5 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Claude Opus 5.5.