Processing or generating 1,000 words (approximately 1,320 tokens) with Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) ranges from $0.00066 (cached input) to $0.033 (full generation).
Quick answer
For 1,000 words, Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) processes approximately 1,320 tokens. That costs $0.0066 as uncached input, $0.00066 with the modeled cache discount, or $0.033 when generated as output.
Method & trust
The estimate converts the selected English word count with the model tokenizer family, then applies the published input/output price per million tokens. Real prompts vary with code, formatting, language, and system instructions.
You send 1,000 words as prompt context, documentation, or background knowledge.
Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) drafts a complete 1,000 words article, chapter, or code module.
800 words input prompt + 200 words output reply.
| Model | Provider | Input Cost (1,000 words) | Cached Input Cost | Output Cost (1,000 words) | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) (Current) | anthropic | $0.0066 | $0.00066 | $0.033 | 1,000,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | openai | $0.0064 | $0.00064 | $0.0384 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | openai | $0.016 | $0.0016 | $0.096 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Standard | openai | $0.0064 | $0.00064 | $0.0384 | 512,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | openai | $0.0384 | $0.00384 | $0.2304 | 512,000 |
| o3-pro (Frontier Reasoning) | openai | $0.0256 | $0.00256 | $0.1024 | 1,000,000 |
For Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) (claude_bpe tokenizer), 1,000 words is approximately 1,320 tokens (an average ratio of 1.32 tokens per word in English). Code, technical vocabulary, and non-English scripts will have higher token densities.
Sending 1,000 words as input costs $0.0066 (or $0.00066 with prompt caching). Generating 1,000 words as output costs $0.033. Output tokens are more expensive because autoregressive token generation requires significantly more computation per token.
Yes! If your input text is part of a repeated context, prompt caching saves 50% to 90% (costing $0.00066). For non-urgent asynchronous batch processing, 24-hour batch queues provide a flat 50% discount across all tokens (costing $0.0033 for input, $0.0165 for output).
At an average human reading speed of 250 words per minute, 1,000 words takes approximately 4 minutes to read. In contrast, Claude Opus 4.8 (OpenRouter) can process or generate this text in seconds.