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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Summary

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on average score with 7.3 vs 7.2. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.316 vs $0.539. Claude Opus 4.8 is faster at 3.48s vs 5.04s, with pass rates of 61.9% vs 55.6%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 - It has the best score here (7.3), while costing about 1.7x less than Claude Opus 4.8.

Last updated at: 2026-07-10

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 none Release: 2026-05-28 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17
Score 7.2 7.3
Rank #70 #68
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.7
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 61.9% 55.6%
Flaky tests 2 1
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 4.485 2.870
Total Cost $0.539 $0.316
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $15.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,104 57,886
Output Tokens 8,107 9,465
Reasoning Tokens 0 0
Response Time (avg) 3.48s 5.04s
Response Time (max) 17.73s 23.84s
Response Time (total) 73.00s 70.60s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#70 Claude Opus 4.8

none
Cost
$0.053
Time
22.0s
Tokens
2,253 tok

#68 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 3.40s 834 1,472 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 2.94s 636 1,214 0
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 3.29s 10,590 1,332 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 0
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 17.73s 29,658 3,259 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 23.84s 26,024 3,766 0
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 7.3 5.8 83.3% 1 1.77s 10,503 308 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.43s 8,574 252 0
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 1.70s 975 61 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 3.54s 759 413 0
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.48s 708 230 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.1 3.1 66.7% 1 2.56s 513 192 0
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 1.37s 909 95 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 1.96s 690 90 0
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.74s 894 783 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.53s 663 533 0
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.35s 11,775 355 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.11s 11,301 447 0
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 3.41s 258 212 0
Claude Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 4.67s 204 431 0

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