Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen 3.8 Max: 4x Price Gap [2026] - tech-insider.org
tech-insider.org compares Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, and Qwen 3.8 Max pricing, putting Claude at a 4x gap to the cheaper models.
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Claude Price
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Current stateClaude cuts cache price 75%
Latest change
Anthropic answered the pricing pressure directly on Sep 2, cutting Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1's cache price 75% while shipping 70% more output tokens.
Earlier contextThe story so far
Chinese open-weight labs spent August pricing themselves directly against Claude, with an Aug 19 comparison putting a 4x price gap between Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6/Qwen 3.8 Max, and Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash undercutting Claude and GPT on price by Aug 31.
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State over time
● 4x price-gap comparison · Aug 19Claude cuts cache price 75% · Sep 2 ●
- 4x price-gap comparison · Aug 19
- GLM-5.3-Flash undercuts Claude on price · Aug 31
- Claude cuts cache price 75% · Sep 2
PRICE GAP · Aug 19A 4x price-gap comparison puts Claude Opus 5 well above GPT-5.6 Sol and Qwen 3.8 Max1 source · show source ▾
UNDERCUT · Aug 31Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash undercuts Claude and GPT on price, not on hardware1 source · show source ▾
Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash Undercuts Claude and GPT on Price, Not on Hardware
Startup Fortune reports Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash undercutting Claude and GPT on price while running on domestic hardware, not matching their compute footprint.
THE TURN · Sep 2Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1 ships a 75% cache price cut and 70% more output tokens1 source · show source ▾
[AINews] Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1: new SOTA model, 75% cache price cut but 70% more output tokens
AINews reports Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1 pairs a new SOTA model with a 75% cache price cut and 70% more output tokens — Anthropic's direct answer to a month of price pressure.
Day 1 Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026
Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen 3.8 Max: 4x Price Gap [2026] - tech-insider.org
tech-insider.org compares Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, and Qwen 3.8 Max pricing, putting Claude at a 4x gap to the cheaper models.
Day 2 Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash Undercuts Claude and GPT on Price, Not on Hardware
Startup Fortune reports Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash undercutting Claude and GPT on price while running on domestic hardware, not matching their compute footprint.
Day 3 Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026
[AINews] Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1: new SOTA model, 75% cache price cut but 70% more output tokens
AINews reports Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1 pairs a new SOTA model with a 75% cache price cut and 70% more output tokens — Anthropic's direct answer to a month of price pressure.
What to watch — open questions
- Does the 75% cache-price cut apply to all Claude models and tiers, or only Fable/Mythos 5.1?
- After the cut, how does Claude's effective per-token cost compare to GLM-5.3-Flash's domestic-chip pricing?
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