API cost decision in 10 seconds

Lyria 3 Pro Preview vs Claude Opus 4.5

Pick Lyria 3 Pro Preview when budget and context both matter.

Page updated: 2026-05-26T10:03:26Z Data confirmed: 2026-05-26T12:43:06Z Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output

Budget verdict

Pick Lyria 3 Pro Preview when budget and context both matter.

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.5, saving $17.5 (100% lower).

Cost-first pickLyria 3 Pro Preview

Context-first pickLyria 3 Pro Preview

Sample savings$17.5100%

10x traffic gap$175

Lyria 3 Pro Preview is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $175. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.

Cost sensitivity

Workload Sensitivity

Same prices, different token mixes.

Lyria 3 Pro Preview stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.

Workload shape	Token mix	Better pick	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	Claude Opus 4.5
Input-heavy / RAG	5M input + 500K output	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	$0	$37.5
Balanced workload	1M input + 1M output	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	$0	$30
Output-heavy chatbot	1M input + 5M output	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	$0	$130

Cheaper input Lyria 3 Pro Preview $0 vs $5 / 1M

Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for input tokens while Claude Opus 4.5 costs $5 per 1M tokens.

Cheaper output Lyria 3 Pro Preview $0 vs $25 / 1M

Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for output tokens while Claude Opus 4.5 costs $25 per 1M tokens.

Larger context Lyria 3 Pro Preview 1.05M vs 200K

Lyria 3 Pro Preview has 848.58K more context (5.24x larger).

Sample workload Lyria 3 Pro Preview $0 vs $17.5

Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for the standard workload while the other model is estimated at $17.5.

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Your Workload Cost

Prices are normalized to USD per 1M tokens.

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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

Verdict

Lyria 3 Pro Preview has the lower input price; Lyria 3 Pro Preview has the lower output price; Lyria 3 Pro Preview offers the larger context window. For the 1M input plus 500K output sample, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is cheaper for the standard workload.

For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0 for Lyria 3 Pro Preview and $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.5.

Best Fit

Choose Lyria 3 Pro Preview when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.

Choose Claude Opus 4.5 when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.

Decision Notes

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.5, saving $17.5 (100% lower).
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for the standard workload while the other model is estimated at $17.5.
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for input tokens while Claude Opus 4.5 costs $5 per 1M tokens.
Lyria 3 Pro Preview is free for output tokens while Claude Opus 4.5 costs $25 per 1M tokens.
Lyria 3 Pro Preview has 848.58K more context (5.24x larger).

Head-to-Head Specs

Feature	Lyria 3 Pro Preview (Google)	Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic)
Input Price prompt tokens per 1M	$0	$5
Completion Price per 1M tokens	$0	$25
Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output	$0	$17.5
Context Window	1.05M	200K
Release Date	2026-03-30	2025-11-24

Use-Case Decision Matrix

Use case	Better pick	Why
Budget-constrained production	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Lyria 3 Pro Preview is estimated at $0 vs $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.5, saving $17.5 (100% lower).
High-volume input processing	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts, retrieved passages, or documents dominate the bill.
Long responses and chatbots	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens.
RAG or long-document work	Lyria 3 Pro Preview	A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages, conversation history, or source files.

Related Alternatives

Same-provider lower-cost swaps

Claude 3 Haiku can replace Claude Opus 4.5 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $0.88.
Claude 3.5 Haiku can replace Claude Opus 4.5 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $2.8.
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest can replace Claude Opus 4.5 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $3.5.
Claude Haiku 4.5 can replace Claude Opus 4.5 when lower sample workload cost matters most: $3.5.

Larger context near this budget

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.
GPT-5.5 offers 1.05M context with $20 sample workload cost.

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