Claude 3 Opus
Amazon Bedrock token pricing and cost optimization reference for Claude 3 Opus.Rates normalized to USD per 1 Million Tokens ($/1M) with prompt caching and batch API discounts across 2 AWS regions.
anthropic.claude-3-opus-v1:0On Google Cloud Vertex AI
Vertex AI isn't shown for Claude 3 Opus: Anthropic's models are priced there per geography and context band, and this catalog publishes Claude on Amazon Bedrock only.
Alternatives to Claude 3 Opus
| Option | Price vs Claude 3 Opus | Why look at it |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Mythos 5Compare → | input-27%-$4.00/1M output-27%-$20.00/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens | Next step down in price from Anthropic |
| Claude Mythos PreviewCompare → | input+83%+$12.50/1M output+83%+$62.50/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens | Next step up in price from Anthropic |
| Claude Opus 4.1Compare → | inputsame price outputsame price Standard tier, per 1M tokens | Same Opus line, different version |
| Claude Mythos 5.1Compare → | input-33%-$5.00/1M output-33%-$25.00/1M Standard tier, per 1M tokens | Also from Anthropic |
Claude 3 Opus Spend Estimator
Model inference spend by prompt volume, cache hit rate, and batch processing.
Key Cost Levers & Architecture
Practical mechanisms to reduce inference costs with Claude 3 Opus on AWSCaches repetitive system instructions, schemas, and document prefixes in memory with 5-minute and extended 1-hour TTL tiers.
- Read Rate: $1.50 / 1M tokens
- Write Rate (5m TTL): $18.75 / 1M tokens
- Ideal for: Multi-turn conversations, RAG document queries, structured schemas
Asynchronous bulk processing submitted via Amazon S3 with a standard 24-hour turnaround SLA.
- Batch Input: $7.50 / 1M tokens
- Batch Output: $37.50 / 1M tokens
- Ideal for: Offline classification, synthetic data generation, benchmark evals
AWS Bedrock supports standard on-demand inference, priority reserved throughput, and cross-region routing.
- Standard: Lowest latency, pay-per-token with zero commitments
- Cross-Region Routing: Automatically burst traffic to available regional capacity
- GovCloud: Dedicated isolated compliance partitions with +20% uplift
Rates by region
Live rates across all 2 available AWS cloud regionsDeveloper Quickstart
Invoke Claude 3 Opus via Amazon Bedrock Converse APIimport boto3
# Amazon Bedrock Converse API invocation
client = boto3.client("bedrock-runtime", region_name="us-east-1")
response = client.converse(
modelId="anthropic.claude-3-opus-v1:0",
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": [{"text": "Summarize key features and cost levers of Claude 3 Opus."}]
}
],
inferenceConfig={
"maxTokens": 1024,
"temperature": 0.7
}
)
output_text = response["output"]["message"]["content"][0]["text"]
usage = response["usage"]
print(f"Response: {output_text}")
print(f"Usage: {usage['inputTokens']} in, {usage['outputTokens']} out")