Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Claude Opus 4.8 from $5.00 and Grok 4.7 from $2.00.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.7?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the largest context window: Claude Opus 4.8 1,000,000 tokens and Grok 4.7 500,000 tokens.

Which is smarter, Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Claude Opus 4.8 41.8 and Grok 4.7 46.3.

Can I switch between Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.7 without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (anthropic/claude-opus-4.8, x-ai/grok-4.7).

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.7

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropicanthropic/claude-opus-4.8

Grok 4.7 xAIx-ai/grok-4.7

Creator

Anthropic

xAI

Released

May 27, 2026

Sep 21, 2026

Context window

500K

Max output

128K

500K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$5.00

$2.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$25.00

$6.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

41.8

46.3

CodingArtificial Analysis index

74.3

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LatencyMedian time to first token

19s

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ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image, Files

Text, Image

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.7: summary

Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.7 are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Claude Opus 4.8, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs from $5.00/1M input and $25.00/1M output tokens across 3 providers and scores 41.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Grok 4.7, from xAI, has a 500,000-token context window, costs $2.00/1M input and $6.00/1M output tokens and scores 46.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Grok 4.7 is the cheapest on input, 2.5× cheaper than the next model, Claude Opus 4.8 has the largest context window and Grok 4.7 scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="anthropic/claude-opus-4.8", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="x-ai/grok-4.7", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis