This model was retired on 2027-05-28. The pricing below is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

Claude Opus 4.8Deprecated

AnthropicReleasedMay 28, 2026KnowledgeJan 2026
VisionTool useReasoningPrompt cachingStructured output
Context
1M
Max output
128K
Serving providers
7
Cheapest input
$5.00 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: ARC Prize and Artificial Analysis
Speed & latency
Output speed
58 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
45.85s
latency
Headline indices
Intelligence Index
57.3
of 100
Coding Index
74.3
of 100
Agentic Index
49.4
of 100
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
Aa Analyst Agent0.5default
AA-Briefcase43%
ARC-AGI-272%high$2.74
Automation Bench0.5default
CritPt21%default
GDPval1583.7default
GPQA Diamond92%default
Harvey Lab0.9default
Humanity's Last Exam49%default
IFBench62%default
Long-Context Reasoning73%default
Mlcr Overall0.5default
Omniscience28.8default
Omniscience Accuracy0.5default
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.6default
SciCode53%default
TerminalBench Hard58%default
TerminalBench v2.185%default
τ-bench Banking34%default
τ²-bench94%default

Pricing by serving provider

last-known · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Azure$5.00$25.001
Anthropic$5.00$25.001
Amazon Bedrock$5.00$25.001
Vertex AI$5.00$25.001
DeepInfra$5.00$25.001
OpenRouter$5.00$25.001
Databricks$5.00$25.001

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
$0.000$10.00$20.00$30.00May 29Jul 3Jul 19Aug 28$25.00$5.00

Cost calculator

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Model IDs

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azure_ai/claude-opus-4-8claude-opus-4-8anthropic.claude-opus-4-8vertex_ai/claude-opus-4-8deepinfra/anthropic/claude-opus-4-8anthropic/claude-opus-4.8databricks/databricks-claude-opus-4-8

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.8 pricing, context and availability

Is Claude Opus 4.8 still available?

Claude Opus 4.8 was retired on 2027-05-28. The pricing on this page is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

How much did Claude Opus 4.8 cost?

Claude Opus 4.8's last-known pricing, before it was retired on 2027-05-28, was $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $25.00 per 1M output tokens.

What was the context window of Claude Opus 4.8?

Claude Opus 4.8 had a 1M token context window and could return up to 128K output tokens.

What could Claude Opus 4.8 do?

Claude Opus 4.8 supported image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and structured output.

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