Claude Opus Latest is $16 cheaper per 1M input tokens (76.2% lower; 4.2x difference).
API cost decision in 10 seconds
Claude Opus Latest vs GPT-5.2 Pro
Pick Claude Opus Latest when budget and context both matter.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick Claude Opus Latest when budget and context both matter.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Claude Opus Latest is estimated at $17.5 vs $105 for GPT-5.2 Pro, saving $87.5 (83.3% lower).
Cost-first pickClaude Opus Latest
Context-first pickClaude Opus Latest
Sample savings$87.583.3%
10x traffic gap$875
Claude Opus Latest is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $875. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Claude Opus Latest stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | Claude Opus Latest | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Claude Opus Latest | $37.5 | $189 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Claude Opus Latest | $30 | $189 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Claude Opus Latest | $130 | $861 |
Claude Opus Latest is $143 cheaper per 1M output tokens (85.1% lower; 6.72x difference).
Claude Opus Latest has 600K more context (2.5x larger).
Claude Opus Latest is $87.5 cheaper on the standard workload (83.3% lower).
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This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.
Quick Decision
Claude Opus Latest has the lower input price; Claude Opus Latest has the lower output price; Claude Opus Latest offers the larger context window. For the 1M input plus 500K output sample, Claude Opus Latest is cheaper for the standard workload.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $17.5 for Claude Opus Latest and $105 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
Choose Claude Opus Latest when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.
Choose GPT-5.2 Pro when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.
- On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Claude Opus Latest is estimated at $17.5 vs $105 for GPT-5.2 Pro, saving $87.5 (83.3% lower).
- Claude Opus Latest is $87.5 cheaper on the standard workload (83.3% lower).
- Claude Opus Latest is $16 cheaper per 1M input tokens (76.2% lower; 4.2x difference).
- Claude Opus Latest is $143 cheaper per 1M output tokens (85.1% lower; 6.72x difference).
- Claude Opus Latest has 600K more context (2.5x larger).
| Feature | Claude Opus Latest (Anthropic) | GPT-5.2 Pro (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $5 | $21 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $25 | $168 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $17.5 | $105 |
| Context Window | 1M | 400K |
| Release Date |
Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Claude Opus Latest | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Claude Opus Latest is estimated at $17.5 vs $105 for GPT-5.2 Pro, saving $87.5 (83.3% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Claude Opus Latest | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts, retrieved passages, or documents dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Claude Opus Latest | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Claude Opus Latest | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages, conversation history, or source files. |
Related Alternatives
- Claude 3 Haiku can replace Claude Opus Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.88.
- Claude 3.5 Haiku can replace Claude Opus Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $2.8.
- Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest can replace Claude Opus Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $3.5.
- Claude Haiku 4.5 can replace Claude Opus Latest when lower sample workload cost matters most: $3.5.
- Llama 4 Scout offers 10M context with $0.23 sample workload cost.
- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent offers 2M context with $5 sample workload cost.
- Grok 4.20 offers 2M context with $2.5 sample workload cost.
- OpenAI GPT Latest offers 1.05M context with $20 sample workload cost.
- No popular competitor is currently available.
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