Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok Build 0.1

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and Grok Build 0.1 from Grok 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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Anthropic logo
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
Grok logo
Grok Build 0.1
Grok · text, image → text

Fast coding model trained specifically for agentic coding workflows.

Input$1 /M
Output$2 /M
Cache read$0.2 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 4.8
Grok Build 0.1
Input /M
$5
$1
Output /M
$25
$2
Cache read /M
$0.5
$0.2
Context length
1,000,000
256,000
Max output
128,000
2,000,000
Time to First Token
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0.8 s
Throughput
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35.7 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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.

Grok Build 0.1
$90.00 /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, Grok Build 0.1?

Grok Build 0.1: $2/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 Grok Build 0.1 accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 2,000,000 tokens on Grok Build 0.1.

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; Grok Build 0.1 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok Build 0.1 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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