Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 4.1 Nano

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and GPT 4.1 Nano from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8OpenAIGPT 4.1 Nano
Anthropic logo
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic · text, image, pdf → text

Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic’s newest and most powerful publicly available model. It is suitable for the most complex tasks. It is Anthropic’s strongest model for complex reasoning, long-horizon agent programming, and highly autonomous work.claude-opus-4-8 does not display thought content by default; you need to set the additional parameter "display": "summarized" to enable it

Input$5 /M
Output$25 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
OpenAI logo
GPT 4.1 Nano
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

Ultra-lightweight model with million-token context, optimized for speed and low latency, costing only $0.10 per million input tokens. It is suitable for edge computing and real-time interaction. The automatic caching mechanism offers a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$0.1 /M
Output$0.4 /M
Cache read$0.025 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Claude Opus 4.8
GPT 4.1 Nano
Input /M
$5
$0.1
Output /M
$25
$0.4
Cache read /M
$0.5
$0.025
Context length
1,000,000
1,047,576
Max output
128,000
32,768
Time to First Token
1.1 s
0.7 s
Throughput
82.6 tok/s
72.7 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
May 28, 2026
April 14, 2025

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
claude-opus-4-8gpt-4.1-nano
12401320140014801560
Overall
13221473
Coding
13741527
Math
12741474
Hard prompts
13331503
Instruction following
13001477
Multi-turn
13141495
Creative writing
13071465
Longer query
13251499
Chinese
13201523
English
13401480
Vision
claude-opus-4-8gpt-4.1-nano
1060114012201300
Overall
10891279
OCR
12941294
Diagram
13091309
Homework
13201320

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GPT 4.1 Nano
$12.00 /mo
Claude Opus 4.8
$675 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 4.8, GPT 4.1 Nano?

GPT 4.1 Nano: $0.4/M output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8: $25/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Claude Opus 4.8: 1527; GPT 4.1 Nano: 1374 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4.1 Nano: 0.7s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Claude Opus 4.8 accepts 1,000,000 and GPT 4.1 Nano accepts 1,047,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 Nano.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude Opus 4.8 at 82.6 tok/s and GPT 4.1 Nano at 72.7 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude Opus 4.8 accepts text, image and PDF input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT 4.1 Nano accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 4.1 Nano with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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