Best Claude Opus 4.8 alternatives
Users may seek alternatives to Claude Opus 4.8 because of its higher output price and latency on large contexts despite strong multimodal reasoning. This list covers seven other multimodal models with details on intelligence, speed, cost, and context handling.
Grok 4.3 matches the 1000000-token context but costs $2.5/1M versus $25/1M and runs at 134.99 t/s versus 62.18 t/s, though its intelligence_index is 43.9 versus 61.4.
GPT-5 Codex provides 149.9 t/s speed and $10/1M price against Claude Opus 4.8's 62.18 t/s and $25/1M but limits context to 400000 tokens with intelligence_index 44.6.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite achieves 310.24 t/s and $1.5/1M with 1048576 context compared to Claude Opus 4.8, at the cost of a lower intelligence_index of 33.5.
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent extends context to 2000000 tokens at $6/1M versus Claude Opus 4.8's 1000000 tokens and $25/1M while supporting multi-agent coordination for text, images, and files.
GPT-5.1-Codex runs at 178.06 t/s and $10/1M with 400000 context versus Claude Opus 4.8, delivering intelligence_index 43.1 and strong coding specialization.
GPT Chat Latest handles text, image, and file inputs at $30/1M with 400000 context compared to Claude Opus 4.8's $25/1M and 1000000 context.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports image, text, and file modalities at $168/1M with 400000 context versus Claude Opus 4.8's $25/1M and 1000000 context.
OpenAI's multimodal model for large-scale image, text, and file processing.
Frequently asked questions
GPT-5 Codex has the highest intelligence_index at 44.6 among the listed alternatives.