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Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 5.6 Terra

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, task quality, and projected cost at higher scale.

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Claude Opus 4.8

Flagship

GPT 5.6 Terra

Mid-tier
Input $/MTok
$5.00
$2.50
Output $/MTok
$25.00
$15.00
Cache discount
90% off
90% off
Context
200K
1,000K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
95
vs
86
Code Review
94
vs
84
Summarization
88
vs
92
Q&A
85
vs
92
Extraction
82
vs
90
Reasoning
97
vs
82
Classification
80
vs
89
Creative Writing
93
vs
80
Claude Opus 4.8
GPT 5.6 Terra

Guidance

When to use Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 5.6 Terra

Choose Claude Opus 4.8 when...

  • -You need strong reasoning (confidence 97 vs 82)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 95 vs 86)
  • -You need strong code review (confidence 94 vs 84)
  • -You need strong creative writing (confidence 93 vs 80)

Choose GPT 5.6 Terra when...

  • -You need strong summarization (confidence 92 vs 88)
  • -You need strong q&a (confidence 92 vs 85)
  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 90 vs 82)
  • -You need strong classification (confidence 89 vs 80)
  • -Cost matters: 50% cheaper on input tokens
  • -You need a larger context window (1,000K vs 200K)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Opus 4.8
GPT 5.6 Terra
100K tokens
$1.10
$0.63Cheaper
1M tokens
$11.00
$6.25Cheaper
10M tokens
$110.00
$62.50Cheaper

FAQ

When should I use Claude Opus 4.8 instead of GPT 5.6 Terra?

Claude Opus 4.8 outperforms GPT 5.6 Terra for Reasoning, Code Generation, Code Review. It costs $5.00/$25.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is GPT 5.6 Terra cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8?

Yes. GPT 5.6 Terra input costs $2.50/MTok vs $5.00/MTok for Claude Opus 4.8, saving 50% on input.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.6 Terra?

Claude Opus 4.8 has a 200K token context window. GPT 5.6 Terra has a 1,000K token context window.

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