StarSeaAPI
claude-opus-4-8 vs claude-opus-5
| claude-opus-4-8 | claude-opus-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Input $/M | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Output $/M | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Output multiplier | ×5.00 | ×5.00 |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Intelligence index | — | 54.1 |
| Coding index | — | 78.0 |
What the numbers mean
Input pricing is close — 1.00× apart — so the decision should come down to measured quality on your own evaluation set rather than headline cost.
Tags: claude-opus-4-8 — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · claude-opus-5 — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# claude-opus-4-8
client.chat.completions.create(model="claude-opus-4-8", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# claude-opus-5
client.chat.completions.create(model="claude-opus-5", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])