Text Embedding 3 (Large) is 100% 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 Text Embedding 3 (Large) costs $0.13/1M in and $0.00/1M out.
Claude 3 Opus vs Text Embedding 3 (Large)
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between Anthropic and OpenAI.
| Metric / Feature | Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) | Text Embedding 3 (Large) (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $15.00 | $0.13 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $75.00 | $0.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | $1.500/1M | Not Available |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $30.000 / 1M | $0.098 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 128k | 8k |
| Multimodal Vision | ✅ Supported | ❌ Text Only |
| MMLU Benchmark | 86.8% | N/A |
| Throughput & Latency | Standard (~22 t/s) | Fast |
| Best For | Deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis | Dense multilingual retrieval, legal/medical knowledge bases |
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 Text Embedding 3 (Large)
Choose Text Embedding 3 (Large) if your primary objective is dense multilingual retrieval, legal/medical knowledge bases. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with OpenAI.
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