Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search from Google 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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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
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Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search
Google · text, image → text

The gemini-2.0-flash-exp model supports internet connectivity, but the official version requires additional request parameters to enable it. Aihubmix has integrated this by automatically calling the official API's online functionality when the model name is requested with the "search" parameter.

Input$0.1 /M
Output$0.4 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 4.8
Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search
Input /M
$5
$0.1
Output /M
$25
$0.4
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
128,000
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Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
textimagepdf
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
webtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
May 28, 2026
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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.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search
$12.00 /mo
Claude Opus 4.8
$675 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search: $0.4/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?

Claude Opus 4.8 accepts text, image and PDF input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search accepts text and image input and supports web search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp Search 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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