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Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) vs Sonar Pro Search

Compare Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) from Anthropic and Sonar Pro Search from Perplexity on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
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Sonar Pro Search
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Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
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Sonar Pro Search

Overview

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Author
Anthropic
Sonar Pro Search
Author
Perplexity
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Context length
1Mtokens
Sonar Pro Search
Context length
200Ktokens
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Reasoning
Sonar Pro Search
Reasoning
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Input modalities
Sonar Pro Search
Input modalities
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Output modalities
Sonar Pro Search
Output modalities

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) vs Sonar Pro Search: side-by-side summary

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) and Sonar Pro Search are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast), from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Sonar Pro Search, from Perplexity, has a 200,000-token context window and is priced at $3/M tokens input, $15/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast): 1,000,000 tokens
  • Sonar Pro Search: 200,000 tokens
Price
  • Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast): Pricing varies by provider
  • Sonar Pro Search: $3/M tokens input, $15/M tokens output
Provided by
  • Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast): Anthropic
  • Sonar Pro Search: Perplexity
model details, providers and pricing
model details, providers and pricing
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
Sonar Pro Search