Claude Opus 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic) versus Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic): API pricing, context window, capabilities and uptime, from the same data as each model page, at the WandAPI default channel price. Input costs 3 Credits / M for Claude Opus 4.5 and 1.8 Credits / M for Claude Sonnet 4.5, so Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 40% cheaper. Context windows are 200K and 200K.

Claude Opus 4.5claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Anthropic
Input (prompt)
3Credits / M
≈ $0.458
Output (completion)
15Credits / M
≈ $2.29
200K context · 64K output91% off
Claude Opus 4.5 details
Claude Sonnet 4.5claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
Anthropic
Input (prompt)
1.8Credits / M
≈ $0.275
Output (completion)
9Credits / M
≈ $1.38
200K context · 64K output91% off
Claude Sonnet 4.5 details
Lower input price
Claude Sonnet 4.5
40% cheaper

Specs side by side

Item
Claude Opus 4.5claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Claude Sonnet 4.5claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
Input (prompt) · Credits / M3≈ $0.4581.8≈ $0.275
Output (completion) · Credits / M15≈ $2.299≈ $1.38
Cache read · Credits / M0.30.18
Context window200K200K
Max output64K64K
7-day uptime——
Latest probe latency——
Measured throughput——
ProtocolsAnthropic MessagesAnthropic Messages
Sample monthly cost (10M in + 2M out)60≈ $9.1736≈ $5.50

Prices are the WandAPI default channel price in Credits (1 Credit = ¥1); green marks the better side. Uptime and latency come from WandAPI probes; a dash means the model is not probed yet.

Capabilities

CapabilityClaude Opus 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5
Vision
Function Calling
Reasoning
Prompt Caching
Streaming
Response Schema
Audio
Video
File Input
Web Search
Realtime
Session
Media
Multipart Form
Binary Response

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

At the WandAPI default channel price, Claude Opus 4.5 input costs 3 Credits / M and Claude Sonnet 4.5 input costs 1.8 Credits / M, so Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 40% cheaper. Output and cache prices are in the specs table above.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.5 or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Claude Opus 4.5 offers 200K tokens, Claude Sonnet 4.5 offers 200K tokens.

Can I switch between Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 at any time?

Yes. WandAPI calls every model with the same API key; switching is just changing the model field in the request, and billing is split per model in one console.

How do the capabilities of Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 differ?

Their capability flags are identical. Every other capability is either supported by both or by neither; see the capability table above.

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