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Claude Opus 4.8: Real Outputs, Benchmarks & Cost (2026)
The top tier of Anthropic's Claude 4 family, and the company's flagship coding model until Fable 5 arrived.
More about Claude Opus 4.8
The high-end model of Anthropic’s Claude 4 line — a heavyweight coder and reasoner.
Maker
AnthropicReleased
2026
Input price
$5 / 1M
Output price
$25 / 1M
What is Claude Opus 4.8?
Claude Opus 4.8 is the top model of Anthropic’s Claude 4 generation, known for strong coding and long-form reasoning. It features in our Three.js showdown, where it produced detailed, working scene code. It remains a capable choice for demanding work even alongside the newer Fable 5.
What Claude Opus 4.8 actually produces
Real, unedited outputs from Claude Opus 4.8 in our model showdowns — same brief, same constraints as every other model, one shot each.
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