Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
AI21's Jamba Large 1.7 offers a significantly larger context window of 256,000 tokens at a lower input price of $2.00 per million tokens, making it more cost-effective for applications requiring extensive input data. In contrast, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, while having a larger context window of 1,000,000 tokens, comes with higher costs for both input and output at $5.00 and $25.00 per million tokens respectively, which may be more suitable for complex tasks that benefit from longer context retention. Overall, Jamba is better for budget-conscious users needing extensive input, while Claude Opus is aimed at high-end use cases demanding longer context management.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | ai21 | anthropic |
| Context Window | 256,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 4,096 | 128,000 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $2.00 | $5.00 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $8.00 | $25.00 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $720 | $2,100 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Other | Claude |
| MMLU Score | 57.7 | 69.6★ |
| GPQA | 39.0 | 48.9★ |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$2.00
Current Output / 1M
$8.00
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$5.00
Current Output / 1M
$25.00
Performance History
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Current Latency
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Uptime
100.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
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Current Latency
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Uptime
99.9%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7
$720
per month
Lower costAnthropic: Claude Opus 4.6
$2,100
per month
Live Recommendation
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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