Comparing 2 models

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Claude Opus 5

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Claude Opus 4.8
Model 2Claude Opus 5
Best for
Computer & Browser Use (#4)
Agentic Coding (#1)
Provider
anthropic
anthropic
Context
1MBest
1MBest
Input / 1M
$5Best
$5Best
Output / 1M
$25Best
$25Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
Released
May 28, 2026
Jul 23, 2026