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Claude Opus 4 vs Claude Sonnet 4 (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Claude Opus 4 vs. Claude Sonnet 4
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Overview

Claude Sonnet 4 was released 0 day before Claude Opus 4.
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Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Anthropic logoAnthropic
Anthropic logoAnthropic
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
200K
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
32K
tokens
64K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
May 22nd, 2025
May 22nd, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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Claude Opus 4
Claude Sonnet 4
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
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Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

Claude Opus 4 is roughly 5.0x more expensive compared to Claude Sonnet 4 for input tokens and roughly 5.0x more expensive for output tokens.
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Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$75.00
per million tokens
$15.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
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At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 unique.
Anthropic logoClaude Opus 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released May 22nd, 2025.
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 22nd, 2025.

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