Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.8 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's heavyweight for hard reasoning and agentic work.
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Fast, cheap, surprisingly capable for high-volume jobs.
Specs
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.8 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens↑ | 200K tokens |
| Input $/1M tokens | $5.00 | $1.00↑ |
| Output $/1M tokens | $25.00 | $5.00↑ |
| Modalities | Text · Image | Text · Image · File |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Released | May 2026 | Oct 2025 |
Key differences
- -Claude Opus 4.8 offers 1M context; Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 200K.
- -Input pricing: Claude Opus 4.8 at $5.00/1M vs Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/1M.