Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24) vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Max)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24) vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Max). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.90
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
41.80
Total cost
$6874
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24)Claude Opus 4.8 (Max)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)7.941.8+429.1% Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) is 5.3× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$6,873.86— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported36.92s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$5.00 / $25.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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