Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet cheaper?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is cheaper on output tokens ($15.00 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.8 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Opus 4.8 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Opus 4.8	Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Provider	DigitalOcean	DigitalOcean
Input / 1M tokens	$5.00	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$25.00	$15.00
Context window	1M	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	May 2026	Jun 2024

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