# Claude Opus 4.1 vs Claude Opus 4.8

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.1 leads Claude Opus 4.8 in 0 of 6 shared categories.

Claude Opus 4.1: $29.999999999999996 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Claude Opus 4.1: closed weights.

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in General LLM at #20 against #57.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in Reasoning at #10 against #47.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in Science at #27 against #83.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in Coding › Web dev at #33 against #76.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in Long context at #10 against #44.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Claude Opus 4.1 in Factuality at #21 against #74.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.1 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Aug 18, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 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).