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ricardobeatyesterday at 8:31 PM1 replyview on HN

The whole Opus family has exactly the same cost structure [1]. Since Opus 5 is smarter, you can use lower effort levels (= less tokens) making it cheaper to run than 4.8.

[1] https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing


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greenchairyesterday at 8:52 PM

5 definitely burns through my 5 hour quota quicker than 4.8 did.