Comment by hashim
3 hours ago
4.8 for me. I can't afford the usage cost of switching to 5, but I never really noticed a difference to 4.7 when I tried it anyway.
3 hours ago
4.8 for me. I can't afford the usage cost of switching to 5, but I never really noticed a difference to 4.7 when I tried it anyway.
The whole Opus family has exactly the same cost structure [1]. Since Opus 5 is smarter, you can use lower effort levels (= less tokens) making it cheaper to run than 4.8.
[1] https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing
5 definitely burns through my 5 hour quota quicker than 4.8 did.