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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Anthropic · 1M context  |  Anthropic · 1M context

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4.8Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input / 1M tokens$5$3
Output / 1M tokens$25$15
Cached input / 1M$0.5$0.3
Context window1M1M
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic

Cost Calculator

💰 Claude Sonnet 4.6 saves $2,100.00/month (40% cheaper)
AClaude Opus 4.8
Per request$0.0175
Daily$175.00
Monthly$5,250.00
Yearly$63,875.00
AClaude Sonnet 4.6CHEAPER
Per request$0.0105
Daily$105.00
Monthly$3,150.00
Yearly$38,325.00
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Choose Claude Opus 4.8 when…

  • ✓ Optimized for: Complex reasoning & coding
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Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 40% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Cheaper cached price ($0.3 vs $0.5/1M)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Balanced performance

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