Claude Opus 4.8 vs Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5

Side-by-side comparison. Updated 2026-06-07.

Verdict

Claude Opus 4.8 wins on higher overall score (9.7 vs 8.3, +1.4).

  • Larger context window (1000k vs 200k)
Claude Opus 4.8
by Anthropic
9.7 /10 Elite
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Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
by Anthropic
8.3 /10 Excellent
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At a Glance

Side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 4.8 and Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
Attribute Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5
Provider Anthropic Anthropic
Tags general Fast Coding
Context 1,000,000 tokens 200,000 tokens
Input price $15.00/1M $1.00/1M
Output price $5.00/1M $5.00/1M
Input modalities Text Text, Image, File
Output modalities Text Text

Claude Opus 4.8 Strengths

  • Best-in-class reasoning depth
  • Superior coding ability
  • Strong agentic task performance
  • Consistent long-running work handling
  • 1M token context window

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 Strengths

  • Fastest Claude model with strong reasoning
  • Excellent coding speed and quality
  • 200K context window
  • Cost-effective for high-volume tasks