For some reason everything is 2x (2x cost, 2x avg response time, 2x reasoning and output tokens)...
replyDouble-checking my test harness, but it's the first model that does this, so I doubt the issue is on my side...
EDIT: Harness seems correct, for straight coding tasks they perform identical: https://i.snipboard.io/5xbpzY.jpg
Wait, doesn’t the blog post say the price is the same as 4.7?
reply> Claude Opus 4.8 is available everywhere today. Pricing for regular usage is unchanged from Opus 4.7: $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. Pricing for fast mode is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens.
Where do you see the 2x cost?
The total cost of running my benchmarks, was 1.6x higher compared to Opus 4.7, mostly because of 2x output tokens:
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ah ok, thanks for clarifying!
replyIf it spends 2x tokens to achieve the same result, that's effective 2x cost in a manner of speaking
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replyReleasing a new model is the new way to Jack up the price hehe.
replyThat's exactly right.
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