Models

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.8

Compare Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct from Microsoft and Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Microsoft · text → text

Microsoft's latest model

Input$0.12 /M
Output$0.48 /M
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Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic · text, image, pdf → text

Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s latest frontier reasoning model, optimized for complex engineering, agentic workflows, and long-horizon computer use. It features strong multimodal capabilities, improved resistance to prompt injection, and a new Verbosity parameter to control token efficiency. With advanced tool use, extended context, and multi-agent support, Opus 4.5 excels in autonomous research, debugging, planning, and spreadsheet/browser operations.

Input$5 /M
Output$25 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Claude Opus 4.8
Input /M
$0.12
$5
Output /M
$0.48
$25
Cache read /M
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$0.5
Context length
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1,000,000
Max output
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128,000
Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
text
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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May 28, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct
$14.40 /mo
Claude Opus 4.8
$675 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct, Claude Opus 4.8?

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct: $0.48/M output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8: $25/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct accepts text input; Claude Opus 4.8 accepts text, image and PDF input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Aihub Phi 4 Mini Instruct and Claude Opus 4.8 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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