Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 1.7× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Opus 5 leads quality index by 14.3 points (93.4 vs 79.1).
Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | — |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 93.4 | 79.1 |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $3.00 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $15.00 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 64,000 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text, image, file |
| Output | text | text |