Claude 4 Opus vs Claude Opus Latest

API pricing, context window and capabilities for Claude 4 Opus and Claude Opus Latest, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.

Verdict

computed from the published numbers

Claude Opus Latest wins on price and on context window. Benchmark data is unavailable for one or both models.

Price
Claude Opus Latest
Terminal-Bench
Not called
Intelligence
Not called
Context window
Claude Opus Latest

Key takeaways

who wins on what, from the published numbers

Claude 4 Opus wins

  • Higher max output (200K vs 128K)
  • More serving providers (3 vs 1)

Claude Opus Latest wins

  • Cheaper input ($5.00 vs $4.00 /1M)
  • Cheaper output ($25.00 vs $20.00 /1M)
  • Larger context window (200K vs 1M)
  • Has web search
Cheaper overall
Claude Opus Latest
$4.00 + $20.00 /1M
Larger context
Claude Opus Latest
1M
More providers
Claude 4 Opus
3 providers

Pricing & specs

cheapest listed route · per 1M tokens
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
Claude 4 OpusClaude Opus Latest
Input $/1M$5.00via Snowflake $4.00OpenRouter routed quote best
Output $/1M$25.00via Snowflake $20.00OpenRouter routed quote best
Context window200K 1M best
Max output200K best128K
Serving providers3 best1
DateFirst listed Jul 2025 Released Jul 6, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores, side by side
Claude 4 OpusClaude Opus Latest
Intelligence16.6 Not available
GPQA Diamond70% Not available

Cost calculator

choose a serving route for each side
Input tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Claude 4 Opus
via Snowflake
$50
Claude Opus Latest
via OpenRouter
$40

Capabilities

feature support, side by side
FeatureClaude 4 OpusClaude Opus Latest
Vision✓✓
Tool use✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Audio——
Prompt caching✓✓
Structured output✓✓
Web search—✓

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Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Claude 4 Opus or Claude Opus Latest?
Claude Opus Latest is cheaper for input ($5.00 vs $4.00 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote. Claude Opus Latest is cheaper for output ($25.00 vs $20.00 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote.
What is the context window difference between Claude 4 Opus and Claude Opus Latest?
Claude 4 Opus has a 200K-token context window and Claude Opus Latest has 1M tokens, so Claude Opus Latest can take a larger prompt.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026

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