Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) vs Claude Opus 4.8.
model vs model · prices as of
Claude Opus 4.8 takes 1 of 5 rounds against Claude Opus 4.5 (latest). Both cost $34.34 per million tokens to run.
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.5 (latest)
$34.34/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $3.86 per 1,000 pages
200k context · tool calling · reads images
Anthropicwins 1 roundsClaude Opus 4.8
$34.34/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $3.86 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$5/M
$5/M
List price out (lower wins)
$25/M
$25/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$34.34/M at Poe
$34.34/M at Poe
Standard price (lower wins)
$40/M
$40/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$3.86
$3.86
Context
200k tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
24 Nov 2025
28 May 2026
Providers selling it
38
49
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 35
Poe$34.34 / $34.34
Jiekou$38 / $38
302.AI$40 / $40
Abacus$40 / $40
Amazon Bedrock$40 / $40- Anthropic$40 / $40
Atlas Cloud$40 / $40
Azure AI Foundry$40 / $40
Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) then Claude Opus 4.8, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 35
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Claude Opus 4.5 (latest)
Nous Portal$4 / $20 $5 / $2525% dearer · - Claude Opus 4.8Nous Portal$4 / $20 $5 / $2525% dearer ·
- Claude Opus 4.8
Requesty$5 / $25 $5.50 / $27.5010% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) or Claude Opus 4.8?
- Neither: both run at $34.34 per million tokens, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Claude Opus 4.5 (latest): $34.34 at Poe. Claude Opus 4.8: $34.34 at Poe.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 35 providers sell both: Poe, Jiekou, 302.AI, Abacus, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Poe.
- Which holds more context?
- Claude Opus 4.8, at 1M tokens against 200k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.