Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)
by Anthropic · anthropic/claude-opus-4.1:batch · #402 cheapest of 422 paid models
Prices updated Sep 19, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC · refreshed hourly
Claude Opus 4.1 is an updated version of Anthropic’s flagship model, offering improved performance in coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks. It achieves 74.5% on SWE-bench Verified and shows notable gains...
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Pricing
Input
$7.50
per 1M tokens
Output
$37.50
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$15.00
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.75
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
$9.38
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Claude Opus 4.1 (batch) with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $15.00 | $0.8025 | — |
| 50% | $12.47 | $0.465 | −42% |
| 90% | $10.44 | $0.195 | −76% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates for this provider’s batch API. Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.015 | $15.00 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.0975 | $97.50 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.3 | $300.00 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $1.31 | $1,313 |
Performance
Intelligence Index
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AA composite quality
Coding Index
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Math Index
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Agentic Index
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Output speed
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median
Time to first token
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median
Time to first answer
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after reasoning tokens
Design Arena Elo
| Category | Elo |
|---|---|
| Website | 1,189 |
| UI components | 1,179 |
| Data viz | 1,181 |
| SVG | 1,176 |
| 3D | 1,182 |
| Game dev | 1,195 |
| Code categories | 1,186 |
| ASCII art | 1,186 |
Specs
Context window
200K
tokens
Max output
32K
tokens
Input modalities
image, text, file
Tokenizer
Claude