# Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Claude Opus 4.8

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads Claude Opus 4.8 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Claude Opus 4.8: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: closed weights.

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet in General LLM at #20 against #143.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Reasoning at #10 against #135.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Science at #27 against #98.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Long context at #10 against #109.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet in Abstraction (ARC) at #12 against #80.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a former state-of-the-art holder in Long context (since Mar 11, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).