Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.8 vs Cohere Command R7B
Compare Claude Opus 4.8 vs Cohere Command R7B API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Claude Opus 4.8
anthropic · claude-opus-4-8
- Input
- $5
- Output
- $25
- Context
- 1M
Cohere Command R7B
cohere_chat · command-r7b-12-2024
- Input
- $0.037
- Output
- $0.15
- Context
- 128K
Quick take
Cohere Command R7B has the lower input price at $0.037 per 1M input tokens. Cohere Command R7B is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Claude Opus 4.8 if...
- Claude Opus 4.8 is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
- Claude Opus 4.8 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
- Claude Opus 4.8 is stronger when the same large prompt or document is reused because it supports prompt caching.
Choose Cohere Command R7B if...
- Cohere Command R7B is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Claude Opus 4.8 | Cohere Command R7B | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $10.00 | $0.07 | Cohere Command R7B |
| 10M input + 2M output | $100.00 | $0.68 | Cohere Command R7B |
| 100M input + 20M output | $1,000.00 | $6.75 | Cohere Command R7B |
Context, output, and capability fit
Claude Opus 4.8 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Claude Opus 4.8 max output
- 128K
- Cohere Command R7B max output
- 4.1K
- Claude Opus 4.8 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Cohere Command R7B features
- function calling
Risk notes for Claude Opus 4.8
- High output price: cap max tokens for verbose generation workloads.
Risk notes for Cohere Command R7B
- Smaller context window: long PDFs, codebases, or RAG prompts may need chunking.
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
frontierpremiumreasoningcodingagentslong-contextmultimodalcache-friendlyragbudgethigh-volumeenterprise-rag