How much does Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) cost per token?

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) is priced at $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.

What is Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)'s context window?

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.

What are the alternatives to Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Hy3, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and MiniMax M3. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)

Name: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Author: Anthropic

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Context

tokens

Released

May 27, 2026

on OpenRouter

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$10.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Output $/MTok

$50.00

OpenRouter · Jul 8, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$1.00

OpenRouter

Cache write $/MTok

$12.50

OpenRouter

Current Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	anthropic/claude-opus-4.8-fast	$10.00	$50.00	$1.00	$12.50	1M	Jul 8, 2026	—
models.dev	openrouter/anthropic/claude-opus-4.8-fast	$10.00	$50.00	$1.00	$12.50	1M	Jul 8, 2026	16.7%

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

2 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jul 8, 2026

Specs

Context & availability

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) specifications.
Provider	Anthropic
Context window	1M tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	May 27, 2026
Tracked price sources	OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	anthropic/claude-opus-4.8-fast · anthropic/claude-4.8-opus-fast-20260528

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: claude-opus-4-8-fast

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day daily

usage share pending — this model isn't in the tracked OpenRouter model rankings yet

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast).
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
1	Hy3Tencent	857.5B	—	vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
2	DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek	806.2B	6.6%	vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
3	MiniMax M3MiniMax	665.9B	9.8%	vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
5	DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek	530.6B	50.5%	vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

FAQ

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) FAQ

How much does Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) cost per token?: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) is priced at $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Jul 8, 2026.
What is Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)'s context window?: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Anthropic.
What are the alternatives to Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Hy3, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and MiniMax M3. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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