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Claude 4 Opus vs Claude 4 Sonnet

Compare Claude 4 Opus and Claude 4 Sonnet. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.

Model Comparison

FeatureClaude 4 OpusClaude 4 Sonnet
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic
Model Typetexttext
Context Window200,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Input Cost
$15.00/ 1M tokens
$3.00/ 1M tokens
Output Cost
$75.00/ 1M tokens
$15.00/ 1M tokens

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Strengths & Best Use Cases

Claude 4 Opus

Anthropic
  • Highest capability in the family: described as “our most powerful model yet” by Anthropic.
  • Exceptional at long-running tasks requiring thousands of steps and sustained focus (e.g., continuous codebase work for hours).
  • Excellent performance on benchmarks: e.g., SWE-bench 72.5 % and Terminal-bench 43.2 %.
  • Designed for complex agentic workflows, deep reasoning, tool use, and large context windows.
  • Placed under a higher safety classification (ASL-3) due to its frontier capability and risk profile.

Claude 4 Sonnet

Anthropic
  • Hybrid reasoning: supports both fast (“near-instant”) and extended thinking modes.
  • Optimised for responsiveness, cost and high-volume production workloads.
  • Strong coding performance relative to prior Sonnet versions (improved over Sonnet 3.7).
  • Available even in free tiers (alongside paid plans).
  • Better suited for general-purpose use and agents where speed + cost-efficiency matter.