Head to head
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
Live prices, context windows, capabilities, and measured quality — updated continuously.
Side by side
| Metric | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/M tokens | $2.00 | $5.00 |
| Output $/M tokens | $10.00 | $25.00 |
| Context window | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| WM Score | 87 | 86 |
| Benchmark quality | 85.5 | 86.9 |
| Hosts serving it | 5 | 4 |
| Throughput (tok/s) | 73 | 69 |
| Latency (ms) | 1182 | 1080 |
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Which should you pick?
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 costs less per million input tokens — about 2.5× cheaper than Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher on measured quality. Prices here are live list prices; the same model can cost less on a different host, so check the model page for the cheapest offering.