Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) is 80% cheaper than Claude 3 Opus on blended 3:1 token pricing. Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/1M in and $75.00/1M out, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) costs $3.00/1M in and $15.00/1M out.
Claude 3 Opus vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between Anthropic and Anthropic.
| Metric / Feature | Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $15.00 | $3.00 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $75.00 | $15.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | $1.500/1M | $0.300/1M |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $30.000 / 1M | $6.000 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 128k | 200k |
| Multimodal Vision | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported |
| MMLU Benchmark | 86.8% | 88.3% |
| Throughput & Latency | Standard (~22 t/s) | Fast (~50 t/s) |
| Best For | Deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis | Autonomous coding, complex tool use, multi-step agent reasoning |
When to Choose Claude 3 Opus
Choose Claude 3 Opus if your workload requires deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis. Ideal for teams needing Anthropic's infrastructure and ecosystem tooling.
When to Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)
Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) if your primary objective is autonomous coding, complex tool use, multi-step agent reasoning. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with Anthropic.
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