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Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o API Cost Calculator

Q: Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) or GPT-4o cheaper per 1M tokens in production?

GPT-4o is 27% cheaper on a blended 3:1 input-to-output production workload ($4.38/1M blended vs $6.00/1M for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)). Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) charges $3.00/1M input and $15.00/1M output, while GPT-4o charges $2.50/1M input and $10.00/1M output.

Q: How much does Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o cost at 10,000 Daily Active Users (DAU)?

At 10,000 DAU (360,000 requests/day at 3,500 input + 800 output tokens), Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) costs $81,000/month uncached ($55,485/mo with 75% prompt cache hits), whereas GPT-4o costs $60,300/month uncached ($48,488/mo with 75% prompt cache hits). Routing to GPT-4o saves $20,700/month ($248,400/year).

Q: How much does Prompt Caching save on Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) offers cached input reads at $0.30/1M tokens, while GPT-4o offers cached reads at $1.25/1M tokens. At a 75% system-prompt/RAG cache hit rate, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) monthly spend drops from $81,000 to $55,485, and GPT-4o drops from $60,300 to $48,488.

Q: Which model has faster token generation speed and larger context: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) or GPT-4o?

GPT-4o delivers higher throughput at 98 tokens/sec (TTFT 320ms) compared to 82 tokens/sec. For context window, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) supports 200K tokens (200,000) while GPT-4o supports 128K tokens (128,000).

Side-by-side FinOps unit economics audit comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) (Anthropic) against GPT-4o (OpenAI). Switching or hybrid-routing 80% of traffic to GPT-4o cuts blended token spend by 27% and saves $20,700/mo ($248,400/yr) at 10,000 DAU.

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Cost Efficiency Winner

GPT-4o

$4.38/1M blended tokens (27% lower than Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) at $6.00/1M)

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10,000 DAU Monthly Delta

$20,700/mo

Saves $248,400/year on 12.6B input + 2.88B output tokens/mo

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Throughput & Latency Winner

GPT-4o

98 tok/s streaming speed (320ms TTFT)

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1. Side-by-Side Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Matrix

Exact API pricing per 1 Million tokens (Input, Output, and Prompt Cache Read), maximum context window, and real-world streaming throughput.

FinOps Metric	Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) (Anthropic)	GPT-4o (OpenAI)	Arbitrage Advantage
Input Price (per 1M tokens)	$3.00 / 1M	$2.50 / 1M	GPT-4o (1.2x cheaper)
Output Price (per 1M tokens)	$15.00 / 1M	$10.00 / 1M	GPT-4o (1.5x cheaper)
Cached Input Read (per 1M)	$0.30 / 1M	$1.25 / 1M	Prompt Cache Hit Discount Ready
Blended 3:1 RAG Rate (per 1M)	$6.00 / 1M	$4.38 / 1M	27% savings with GPT-4o
Context Window / Max Output	200K (200,000) / 8K out	128K (128,000) / 16K out	Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) larger context
Streaming Speed & TTFT	82 tok/s (390ms TTFT)	98 tok/s (320ms TTFT)	GPT-4o faster generation
Capabilities (Tools / Vision / Cache)	Tools: Yes · Vision: Yes · Cache: Yes	Tools: Yes · Vision: Yes · Cache: Yes	JSON Mode: Both Supported

2. Monthly SaaS Cloud Bill Simulation (1,000 DAU / 10,000 DAU / 50,000 DAU)

Simulated monthly API spend for a production AI SaaS application (12 requests per active user/day, 3,500 input tokens + 800 output tokens per turn, 30 days/month).

SaaS Scale Tier	Monthly Token Volume	Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) Monthly Bill	GPT-4o Monthly Bill	Monthly Savings (GPT-4o)
1,000 DAU (Seed / MVP)	1.26B in / 288M out	$8,100/mo	$6,030/mo	Save $2,070/mo
10,000 DAU (Growth SaaS)	12.6B in / 2.88B out	$81,000/mo	$60,300/mo	Save $20,700/mo ($248,400/yr)
50,000 DAU (Enterprise Scale)	63.0B in / 14.4B out	$405,000/mo	$301,500/mo	Save $103,500/mo

3. Prompt Caching Savings Math (At 10,000 DAU Workload)

Long system prompts, RAG document context, and multi-turn agent histories qualify for automatic or explicit prompt caching. Here is how cache hit rates change your monthly cloud bill:

Prompt Cache Hit Rate	Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) (Read @ $0.30/1M)	GPT-4o (Read @ $1.25/1M)	Combined Hybrid Router + 75% Cache
0% Cache Hit (Cold Prompts)	$81,000/mo	$60,300/mo	$64,440/mo
50% Cache Hit (Standard Chat)	$63,990/mo	$52,425/mo	$54,738/mo
75% Cache Hit (Production Agent/RAG)	$55,485/mo	$48,488/mo	$49,887/mo
90% Cache Hit (Heavy Document Context)	$50,382/mo	$46,125/mo	$46,976/mo

4. Multi-Provider Host Arbitrage & Latency Disparity Table (Cost vs. <400ms TTFT SLA)

Don't overpay default gateway markups or suffer peak-hour latency spikes. Compare verified inference hosts for both Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) and GPT-4o anchored by Cost-per-1M Tokens vs. Time-to-First-Token (TTFT < 400ms SLA):

Model	Inference Host / Gateway	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cache Read / 1M	TTFT Latency & SLA	Throughput	Deploy / Credits Link
GPT-4o	OpenAI Direct #1 Smart Router Pick	$2.50	$10.00	$1.25	286ms <400ms SLA ✓	98 tok/s	Deploy (Route with 0% Markup Fallback) →
GPT-4o	OpenRouter	$2.50	$10.00	$1.25	295ms <400ms SLA ✓	95 tok/s	Deploy (Unified API for 470+ Models) →
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)	Anthropic Direct	$3.00	$15.00	$0.30	341ms <400ms SLA ✓	82 tok/s	Deploy (Prompt Caching Ready) →
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)	OpenRouter	$3.00	$15.00	$0.30	350ms <400ms SLA ✓	80 tok/s	Deploy (Unified API for 470+ Models) →

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5. Frequently Asked Questions (Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o)

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) or GPT-4o cheaper per 1M tokens in production?

GPT-4o is 27% cheaper on a blended 3:1 input-to-output production workload ($4.38/1M blended vs $6.00/1M for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2)). Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) charges $3.00/1M input and $15.00/1M output, while GPT-4o charges $2.50/1M input and $10.00/1M output.

How much does Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o cost at 10,000 Daily Active Users (DAU)?

At 10,000 DAU (360,000 requests/day at 3,500 input + 800 output tokens), Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) costs $81,000/month uncached ($55,485/mo with 75% prompt cache hits), whereas GPT-4o costs $60,300/month uncached ($48,488/mo with 75% prompt cache hits). Routing to GPT-4o saves $20,700/month ($248,400/year).

How much does Prompt Caching save on Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) vs GPT-4o?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) offers cached input reads at $0.30/1M tokens, while GPT-4o offers cached reads at $1.25/1M tokens. At a 75% system-prompt/RAG cache hit rate, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) monthly spend drops from $81,000 to $55,485, and GPT-4o drops from $60,300 to $48,488.

Which model has faster token generation speed and larger context: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) or GPT-4o?

GPT-4o delivers higher throughput at 98 tokens/sec (TTFT 320ms) compared to 82 tokens/sec. For context window, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (v2) supports 200K tokens (200,000) while GPT-4o supports 128K tokens (128,000).

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