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Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Sonnet 5: pricing comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 costs 2.5× less than Claude Opus 5 for a typical 1,000-input, 500-output request. Here is how the two compare on price, context and discounts.

Prices last updated:

Claude Opus 5Claude Sonnet 5
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic
Input per 1M tokens$5.00$2.00
Output per 1M tokens$25.00$10.00
Context window1M1M
Batch discount50% off50% off
Typical request (1,000 in / 500 out)$0.0175$0.007
Monthly at 1,000 requests/day$525.00$210.00

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Claude Opus 5 per request
$0.0175
Per month
$525.00
Claude Sonnet 5 per request
$0.007
Per month
$210.00

Cost by task

Cost per 1,000 requests at standard prices.
TaskTokens (in / out)Claude Opus 5Claude Sonnet 5
Short chat reply500 / 300$10.00$4.00
RAG answer6,000 / 600$45.00$18.00
Summarize a long document12,000 / 1,000$85.00$34.00
Output-heavy generation1,000 / 4,000$105.00$42.00

Output tokens usually dominate the bill — see input vs output token cost.

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5 or Claude Sonnet 5 cheaper?
Claude Sonnet 5 is cheaper for a typical request of 1,000 input and 500 output tokens: $0.007 versus $0.0175 for Claude Opus 5, about 60% less.
What are the per-token prices of Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5?
Claude Opus 5 costs $5.00 input and $25.00 output per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2.00 input and $10.00 output per million tokens.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 5 or Claude Sonnet 5?
Both accept 1M tokens of context.

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