Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 cheaper?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is cheaper on output tokens ($15.00 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
Provider	Anthropic	Anthropic
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$25.00
Context window	1M	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	—
Released	Feb 2026	—

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 details →

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