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.
Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 4.1 Mini
Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and GPT 4.1 Mini from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
Lightweight, high-performance model with million-token context and near-flagship-level encoding and image understanding capabilities, while reducing costs by 83%. It is suitable for rapid development and small to medium-sized applications. The automatic caching mechanism provides a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 4.8, GPT 4.1 Mini?
GPT 4.1 Mini: $1.6/M output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8: $25/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How large is each context window?
Claude Opus 4.8 accepts 1,000,000 and GPT 4.1 Mini accepts 1,047,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 Mini.
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; GPT 4.1 Mini accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.
Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 4.1 Mini 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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