Claude 3 Opus vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Compare Anthropic and Anthropic AI models

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
vs
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5

Cost Comparison (1000 input + 500 output tokens, 100 requests/day)

Claude 3 Opus

Per Request:$0.0525
Daily:$5.25
Monthly:$157.50
Yearly:$1,916.25

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Per Request:$0.0105
Daily:$1.05
Monthly:$31.50
Yearly:$383.25

Cost Differences

$0.042
Per Request
$4.20
Daily
$126.00
Monthly
$1,533.00
Yearly

Claude Sonnet 4.5 costs less than Claude 3 Opus

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude 3 OpusClaude Sonnet 4.5
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic
Input Price$15.00/1M tokens$15.00/1M tokens
Output Price$75.00/1M tokens$15.00/1M tokens
Context Window200,000 tokens200,000 tokens
Max Output4,096 tokens64,000 tokens
Categoryflagshipbalanced
Capabilities
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Release Date3/4/20249/29/2025

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