Claude Opus 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic) versus Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic): API pricing, context window, capabilities and uptime, from the same data as each model page, at the SoleAPI default channel price. Input costs 2.5 Credits / M for Claude Opus 4.5 and 2.5 Credits / M for Claude Opus 4.8. Context windows are 200K and 1M.

Claude Opus 4.5claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Anthropic
Input (prompt)
2.5Credits / M
$0.376
Output (completion)
12.5Credits / M
$1.88
200K context · 64K output92% off
Claude Opus 4.5 details
Input (prompt)
2.5Credits / M
$0.376
Output (completion)
12.5Credits / M
$1.88
1M context · 128K output92% off
Claude Opus 4.8 details
Larger context
Claude Opus 4.8
200K · 1M

Specs side by side

Item
Claude Opus 4.5claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Claude Opus 4.8claude-opus-4-8
Input (prompt) · Credits / M2.5$0.3762.5$0.376
Output (completion) · Credits / M12.5$1.8812.5$1.88
Cache read · Credits / M0.250.25
Context window200K1M
Max output64K128K
7-day uptime
Latest probe latency
Measured throughput18.5 t/s53.7 t/s
ProtocolsAnthropic MessagesAnthropic Messages / OpenAI Responses
Sample monthly cost (10M in + 2M out)50$7.5350$7.53

Prices are the SoleAPI default channel price in Credits (1 Credit = ¥1); green marks the better side. Uptime and latency come from SoleAPI probes; a dash means the model is not probed yet.

Capabilities

CapabilityClaude Opus 4.5Claude Opus 4.8
Vision
Function Calling
Reasoning
Prompt Caching
Response Schema
Streaming
Web Search
Audio
Video
File Input
Realtime
Session
Media
Multipart Form
Binary Response

FAQ

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?

Claude Opus 4.5 offers 200K tokens, Claude Opus 4.8 offers 1M tokens.

Can I switch between Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 at any time?

Yes. SoleAPI calls every model with the same API key; switching is just changing the model field in the request, and billing is split per model in one console.

How do the capabilities of Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 differ?

Their capability flags are identical. Every other capability is either supported by both or by neither; see the capability table above.

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