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Model comparison - Same provider, successor

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8 are both Anthropic models. Both list the same first-party API price: $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens. Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8 both have a 1,000,000-token context window, and both return up to 128,000 output tokens per response. Claude Opus 4.7 was released on April 16, 2026 and Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28, 2026. Both are closed-weights models, available only through an API.

Last verified from each provider's pricing page. All sources

Anthropic - Closed

Claude Opus 4.7
Input / 1M
$5
Output / 1M
$25
Context
1M

Anthropic - Closed

Claude Opus 4.8
Input / 1M
$5
Output / 1M
$25
Context
1M

Side-by-side specs

SpecClaude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.8
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic
Input / 1M tokens$5$5
Output / 1M tokens$25$25
Cache read / 1M$0.50$0.50
Cache write / 1M$6.25$6.25
Batch input / 1M$2.50$2.50
Batch output / 1M$12.50$12.50
Context window1,000,0001,000,000
Max output128,000128,000
Release date
WeightsClosedClosed
API model idclaude-opus-4-7claude-opus-4-8
AI Gateway idanthropic/claude-opus-4.7anthropic/claude-opus-4.8
Last verified

Prices in USD per 1M tokens at each provider's standard first-party rate. A dash means the provider does not bill that item separately or no primary page states it.

What each costs in practice

The same three workloads every model page uses, worked from each model's standard list rates. Swap in your own token counts with the math on each model's page.

WorkloadClaude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.8
One agent session1M input tokens and 100K output tokens, no caching.$7.50$7.50
A chat app10,000 requests a day at 2K input and 500 output tokens each.$225.00$6,750.00 per 30-day month$225.00$6,750.00 per 30-day month
The same session at a 90% cache hit90% of the input is read from the prompt cache. The one-time cache write premium is not included.$3.45$3.45
Show the math

Claude Opus 4.7

  • One agent sessionInput: 1M x $5 = $5.00Output: 0.1M x $25 = $2.50
  • A chat appInput: 20M x $5 = $100.00Output: 5M x $25 = $125.00
  • The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.50 = $0.45Uncached input: 0.1M x $5 = $0.50Output: 0.1M x $25 = $2.50

Claude Opus 4.8

  • One agent sessionInput: 1M x $5 = $5.00Output: 0.1M x $25 = $2.50
  • A chat appInput: 20M x $5 = $100.00Output: 5M x $25 = $125.00
  • The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.50 = $0.45Uncached input: 0.1M x $5 = $0.50Output: 0.1M x $25 = $2.50

Benchmarks under the same setting

Only boards that list both models under the same run setting appear here, one row per board and setting, with each score exactly as the board shows it. Scores on different boards use different scales and are never combined.

Board and settingClaude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.8
ProgramBenchmini-SWE-agent, 200 tasksOfficial leaderboard - programbench.com0% resolved (Almost: 4.5%)0% resolved (Almost: 16.5%)
tau3-Banking (tau-knowledge)tau3-Banking leaderboard, banking_knowledge pass^1; standard submission by Sierra; reasoning effort: max; retrieval config: alltools; user simulator gpt-5.2Official leaderboard - taubench.com40.2%39.7%

Model pages

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.7 pricing and specsFull rate card, worked cost examples and sources. Closed weights.AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 pricing and specsFull rate card, worked cost examples and sources. Closed weights.

FAQ

How do Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8 compare on price?

Both list the same first-party API price: $5 per 1M input tokens and $25 per 1M output tokens. For one agent session of 1M input and 100K output tokens with no caching, that is $7.50 on Claude Opus 4.7 and $7.50 on Claude Opus 4.8. Prices are each provider's first-party list rates, verified October 17, 2026 and October 17, 2026.

What are the context windows of Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8?

Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8 both have a 1,000,000-token context window, and both return up to 128,000 output tokens per response.

Are Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8 open weights?

Claude Opus 4.7 is closed-weights and is called through Anthropic's API as claude-opus-4-7. Claude Opus 4.8 is closed-weights and is called through Anthropic's API as claude-opus-4-8.

More comparisons

Sources

Claude Opus 4.7 verified from platform.claude.com; Claude Opus 4.8 verified from platform.claude.com. This page is as current as the older of the two: .

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