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Anthropic
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Aion-1.0-Mini vs Claude Opus 4.6

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Aion-1.0-Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Aion-1.0-Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureAion-1.0-MiniClaude Opus 4.6
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyAion-1.0-MiniClaude Opus 4.6
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAion LabsAnthropic
ReleasedFeb 2025Feb 2026

Aion-1.0-Mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Aion-1.0-Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.70/M tokens. Aion-1.0-Mini has cheaper output pricing at $1.40/M tokens.
Aion-1.0-Mini has a 131,072 token context window, while Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window.
Aion-1.0-Mini supports vision. Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision.