Claude 4.7 Opus vs GPT-4.1: pricing & cost comparison
On input tokens, GPT-4.1 is the cheaper of the two — 87% less per million ($15 vs $2). On output, GPT-4.1 is 89% cheaper ($75 vs $8) — and since output is usually the dominant cost driver, that gap matters more than it looks.
Side by side
| Claude 4.7 Opus | GPT-4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $15 | $2 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $75 | $8 |
| Context window | 200,000 | 1,047,576 |
| Token-count accuracy | ±2% | exact |
| Cost — 10,000 input + 2,000 output tokens | $0.3 | $0.036 |
What a real request costs
Take a representative turn — 10,000 input + 2,000 output tokens. Claude 4.7 Opus comes to $0.3, GPT-4.1 to $0.036. Across 100,000 requests that's a $26400 swing in favour of GPT-4.1. To run the numbers on your actual prompt, paste it into the calculator and toggle Compare across all models.
Which should you pick?
These are different vendors, so a switch means a different API and a slightly different tokenizer — budget a small calibration buffer. GPT-4.1 give exact counts; the others land within a few percent. See the full breakdown on the dedicated pages for Claude 4.7 Opus and GPT-4.1.
FAQ
- Is Claude 4.7 Opus or GPT-4.1 cheaper?
- For a typical request (10,000 input + 2,000 output tokens), GPT-4.1 is cheaper — about 88% less, or roughly $26400 saved per 100,000 requests. Claude 4.7 Opus runs $15/$75 per 1M input/output tokens; GPT-4.1 runs $2/$8.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-4.1, at 1,047,576 tokens versus 200,000.
- How accurate are these token counts?
- Claude 4.7 Opus: Approximated with cl100k_base — drift typically <2% on English and code. GPT-4.1: Exact tokenization via the canonical OpenAI vocab (o200k_base). The dollar math itself is exact once the token count is known.