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Head to head

Claude Opus 4 vs Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Opus 4 is retired; Claude Sonnet 4 is retired.

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · stale basis

Claude Sonnet 4 costs $1.96 per solved task against Claude Opus 4 at $8.33 — ▼ 4.3x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $1.3k a month.

On output token price alone Claude Sonnet 4 looks 5.0x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4
FigureClaude Opus 4Claude Sonnet 4
Input $/Mtok$15$3
Output $/Mtok$75$15
Cached input $/Mtok$1.5$0.3
Pass rate72%61%
Cost per solved task$8.33stale$1.96stale
Cost per month$1.7k$392

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for Claude Sonnet 4 (stale, $1.96 per solved task), Claude Opus 4 (stale, $8.33 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$100$1k$10k$100k$1MTASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksClaude Sonnet 4 · STALE · $1.96 per solved task$392Claude Opus 4 · STALE · $8.33 per solved task$1.7k— Claude Sonnet 4 · STALE— Claude Opus 4 · STALE

Solid measured · dashed modelled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.

Source: Aider polyglot benchmark · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings