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Aion Labs
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Anthropic
Anthropic

Aion-1.0 vs Claude Opus 4.5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Aion-1.0 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

Claude Opus 4.5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Aion-1.0
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.5
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.5
Speed
Claude Opus 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricAion-1.0Claude Opus 4.5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$4.00$5.00 Aion-1.0
Output (per 1M tokens)$8.00$25.00 Aion-1.0
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.50 Claude Opus 4.5
Cache Write (per 1M)N/A$6.25 Claude Opus 4.5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Aion-1.0 is 50% cheaper overall.

Aion-1.0 Providers

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Claude Opus 4.5 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Aion-1.0 Wins
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Claude Opus 4.5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkAion-1.0Claude Opus 4.5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-43.1-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-42.9-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-62.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-88.9-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-81.0-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-73.8-
Claude Opus 4.5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Aion-1.0
131,072
tokens
Claude Opus 4.5
200,000
tokens
Claude Opus 4.5 has a 34% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricAion-1.0Claude Opus 4.5Winner
Tokens/secondN/A52.5 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A1.57s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureAion-1.0Claude Opus 4.5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyAion-1.0Claude Opus 4.5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAion LabsAnthropic
ReleasedFeb 2025Nov 2025

Aion-1.0 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Claude Opus 4.5 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Aion-1.0 has cheaper input pricing at $4.00/M tokens. Aion-1.0 has cheaper output pricing at $8.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 42.9, compared to Aion-1.0's score of N/A.
Aion-1.0 has a 131,072 token context window, while Claude Opus 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window.
Aion-1.0 supports vision. Claude Opus 4.5 supports vision.