API cost decision in 10 seconds
GPT Chat Latest vs 🔥Claude Opus 4.7
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 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 4.7 when budget and context both matter.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Claude Opus 4.7 is estimated at $17.5 vs $20 for GPT Chat Latest, saving $2.5 (12.5% lower).
Cost-first pickClaude Opus 4.7
Context-first pickClaude Opus 4.7
Sample savings$2.512.5%
10x traffic gap$25
Claude Opus 4.7 is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $25. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Claude Opus 4.7 stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | GPT Chat Latest | Claude Opus 4.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Claude Opus 4.7 | $40 | $37.5 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Claude Opus 4.7 | $35 | $30 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Claude Opus 4.7 | $155 | $130 |
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Your Workload Cost
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
Tie has the lower input price, Claude Opus 4.7 has the lower output price, and Claude Opus 4.7 offers the larger context window.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $20 for GPT Chat Latest and $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.7.
Choose GPT Chat Latest when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.
Choose Claude Opus 4.7 when you care most about lower output-token price, and larger context window.
| Feature | GPT Chat Latest (OpenAI) | 🔥Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $5 | $5 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $30 | $25 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $20 | $17.5 |
| Context Window | 400K | 1M |
| Release Date | 2026-05-05 | 2026-04-16 |
| Popularity | #3 |
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Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Claude Opus 4.7 | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Claude Opus 4.7 is estimated at $17.5 vs $20 for GPT Chat Latest, saving $2.5 (12.5% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Tie | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Claude Opus 4.7 | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Claude Opus 4.7 | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files. |