LaunchAI ModelsJune 30, 2026

Claude Sonnet 5 matches Opus 4.8 at lower price

Pricing is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, matching Sonnet 4.6. The new tokenizer increases token count by ~30% for English, effectively raising costs. Performance is close to Opus 4.8 but with reduced cyber capabilities.

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Claude Sonnet 5 matches Opus 4.8 at lower price — AIBriefs