A side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 5 and GPT-6 Astra: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from J8API. Both are reachable with the same API key.
| Item | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Input (per 1M tokens) | $5 | $6.5 |
| Output (per 1M tokens) | $25 | $32.5 |
| Cache read explicit (per 1M tokens) | $0.5 | $0.65 |
| Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens) | $6.25 | $8.125 |
| Item | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 922,000 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| Item | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| function_calling | Yes | Yes |
| prompt_caching | Yes | Yes |
| vision | Yes | Yes |
On input, Claude Opus 5 is cheaper ($5 vs $6.5 per 1M tokens). On output, Claude Opus 5 is cheaper ($25 vs $32.5 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.
Claude Opus 5 does — Claude Opus 5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and GPT-6 Astra accepts 922,000.
both support function_calling, prompt_caching, vision.
Yes. Both are available on J8API through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-opus-5" to "gpt-6-astra", nothing else.
Both are available on J8API under one API key — switching between them means changing the model field and nothing else, so you can use each where it fits rather than picking one.