Models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5-Codex

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic and GPT-5-Codex 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.

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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
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GPT-5-Codex
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5-Codex is a version of GPT-5 optimized for autonomous coding tasks in Codex or similar environments. It is only available in the Responses API, and the underlying model snapshots will be updated regularly. https://docs.aihubmix.com/en/api/Responses-API You can also use it in codex-cll; see https://docs.aihubmix.com/en/api/Codex-CLI for using codex-cll through Aihubmix.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$10 /M
Cache read$0.125 /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-5-Codex
Input /M
$5
$1.25
Output /M
$25
$10
Cache read /M
$0.5
$0.125
Context length
1,000,000
400,000
Max output
128,000
128,000
Time to First Token
1.1 s
7.5 s
Throughput
82.6 tok/s
27.2 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
May 28, 2026
September 15, 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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Cost calculator

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

GPT-5-Codex
$225 /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-5-Codex?

GPT-5-Codex: $10/M output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8: $25/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Claude Opus 4.8: 1.1s 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-5-Codex accepts 400,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Opus 4.8 and 128,000 tokens on GPT-5-Codex.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude Opus 4.8 at 82.6 tok/s and GPT-5-Codex at 27.2 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-5-Codex accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5-Codex 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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