Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 4o

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and GPT 4o 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.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8OpenAIGPT 4o
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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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GPT 4o
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

The stable multimodal model from OpenAI, with the official designated version being gpt-4o-2024-08-06; our site supports the official automatic caching, and charges for hits on some parts will be automatically halved.

Input$2.5 /M
Output$10 /M
Cache read$1.25 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 4.8
GPT 4o
Input /M
$5
$2.5
Output /M
$25
$10
Cache read /M
$0.5
$1.25
Context length
1,000,000
128,000
Max output
128,000
16,384
Time to First Token
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0.6 s
Throughput
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52.2 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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.

GPT 4o
$300 /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, GPT 4o?

GPT 4o: $10/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 4o accepts 128,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 16,384 tokens on GPT 4o.

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 4o accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 4o 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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