Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 6 Astra

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and GPT 6 Astra 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 6 Astra
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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 6 Astra
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5.6 Terra is designed for workloads that balance intelligence and cost. It roughly corresponds to the mini model tier used in earlier GPT-5 families.

Input$2.5 /M
Output$15 /M
Cache read$0.25 /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 6 Astra
Input /M
$5
$2.5
Output /M
$25
$15
Cache read /M
$0.5
$0.25
Context length
1,000,000
1,050,000
Max output
128,000
128,000
Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
textimagepdf
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction 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 6 Astra
$375 /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 6 Astra?

GPT 6 Astra: $15/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 6 Astra accepts 1,050,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 128,000 tokens on GPT 6 Astra.

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 6 Astra accepts text and image input.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 6 Astra 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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