Openai Gpt 4o vs Claude 3 7 Sonnet: $$2.50 vs $$3.00 / 1M Tokens
1. Direct Input & Output Rate Comparison: Openai Gpt 4o costs $2.50/1M input and $10.00/1M output, while Claude 3 7 Sonnet costs $3.00/1M input and $15.00/1M output. Switching uncached workloads to Openai Gpt 4o reduces raw input spend by 17%.
2. Prompt Caching & 5-Minute TTL Economics: Openai Gpt 4o provides 50% automatic prefix cache read ($1.25/1M), $0 write fee, whereas Claude 3 7 Sonnet uses 90% explicit cache read ($0.30/1M), 1.25x ($3.75/1M) write fee (5m TTL). Pinning static repository prefixes in Coding Agents reduces realistic 25%-TTL write-retained spend by 61.60% to 65.38%.
3. Context Window & Cliff Thresholds: Openai Gpt 4o supports 128K tokens and Claude 3 7 Sonnet supports 200K tokens. Pruning sliding-window history below 128K/198K avoids 2x context-cliff surcharges.
4. P90 Streaming Latency (TTFT): In 24-hour rolling probes, Openai Gpt 4o achieves the faster P90 Time-To-First-Token (480ms vs 610ms).