Claude Models12 min read
Claude Models Explained: Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku
Every Claude model in one place: Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5 compared on price, context, and use case — plus how to decode Anthropic's version names.
Every Claude model in one place: Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5 compared on price, context, and use case — plus how to decode Anthropic's version names.
A plain-English history of every Claude Opus version, from Claude 3 Opus to the Opus 4.8 flagship — what each release changed, and how to find the latest.
Sonnet delivers 97–99% of Opus's coding ability at roughly 40% of the price. Here's the benchmark data, the pricing math, and a simple decision framework.