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  3. Claude Opus 4 vs Sakana: Fugu Ultra

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Claude Opus 4 vs Sakana: Fugu Ultra benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Sakana: Fugu Ultra is more budget-friendly at $30/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Claude Opus 4 if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Sakana: Fugu Ultra if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Sakana: Fugu Ultra holds empirical advantage (3 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Claude Opus 4Top code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Claude Opus 4Top logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Sakana: Fugu UltraLowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Claude Opus 4Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Claude Opus 4 (0)Sakana: Fugu Ultra (3)
Claude Opus 4
0 of 3 Wins
Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks
Sakana: Fugu Ultra
3 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4

First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Elo 1,490In: $15 · Out: $75/1M
sakana
Leads 3 of 3
Sakana: Fugu Ultra

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (sakana/fugu-ultra). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $5 · Out: $30/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for Claude Opus 4
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderSakana: Fugu Ultra Wins

Sakana: Fugu Ultra

$30 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Claude Opus 4 (7)vsSakana: Fugu Ultra (3)
Claude Opus 4: 7W (70%)Overall: Claude Opus 4Sakana: Fugu Ultra: 3W (30%)
← Claude Opus 4Sakana: Fugu Ultra →
🏆Claude Opus 4 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Claude Opus 4vsSakana: Fugu Ultra
Preference Elo
1,490vs—
Coding Elo
1,502vs—
SWE-bench
72.5%vs—
LiveBench
66.8%vs—
GPQA Diamond
80.4%vs—
Claude Opus 4: 5WSakana: Fugu Ultra: 0W
🏆Claude Opus 4 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Claude Opus 4vsSakana: Fugu Ultra
Output speed
58 tok/svs—
Time to first token
390 msvs—
Claude Opus 4: 2WSakana: Fugu Ultra: 0W
🏆Sakana: Fugu Ultra Leads(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Claude Opus 4vsSakana: Fugu Ultra
Output price
$75/1Mvs$30/1M+$45/1M
Input price
$15/1Mvs$5/1M+$10/1M
Context window
200kvs1M+800k
Claude Opus 4: 0WSakana: Fugu Ultra: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Claude Opus 4Sakana: Fugu Ultra
Preference Elo
Claude Opus 41,490
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
Coding Elo
Claude Opus 41,502
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
LiveBench
Claude Opus 466.8%
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
SWE-bench
Claude Opus 472.5%
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
GPQA Diamond
Claude Opus 480.4%
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
Time to first token
Claude Opus 4390 ms
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
Output speed
Claude Opus 458 tok/s
Sakana: Fugu Ultra—
Input priceSakana: Fugu Ultra +$10/1M
Claude Opus 4$15/1M
Sakana: Fugu Ultra$5/1M
Output priceSakana: Fugu Ultra +$45/1M
Claude Opus 4$75/1M
Sakana: Fugu Ultra$30/1M
Context windowSakana: Fugu Ultra +800k
Claude Opus 4200k
Sakana: Fugu Ultra1M
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4Sakana: Fugu UltraAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,490
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,502
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
66.8%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
72.5%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
80.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
390 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
58 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$15/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$5/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$10/1M
Output price
$75/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
$30/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$45/1M
Context window
200k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+800k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 62% with Sakana: Fugu Ultra
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Claude Opus 4$1,650.00 / mo
In: $525Out: $1,125
Sakana: Fugu Ultra$625.00 / mo
In: $175Out: $450
Estimated Cost Delta

Sakana: Fugu Ultra is estimated to save $1,025.00/month ($12,300/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    Sakana: Fugu Ultra:Pick Sakana: Fugu Ultra when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 2
    Sakana: Fugu Ultra:Pick Sakana: Fugu Ultra for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatSakana: Fugu Ultra

Lower output list price ($30/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGSakana: Fugu Ultra

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4

Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatSakana: Fugu UltraLower output list price ($30/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGSakana: Fugu UltraLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4Claude Opus 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK
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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4

Elo 1,490
SWE-bench72.5%
Speed (tok/s)58 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$15/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$75/1M
sakana

Sakana: Fugu Ultra

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)1M
Input / 1M Tokens$5/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$30/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4 or Sakana: Fugu Ultra?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4 or Sakana: Fugu Ultra?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Sakana: Fugu Ultra output tokens are $30/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4 or Sakana: Fugu Ultra?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Sakana: Fugu Ultra accepts 1M tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4 and Sakana: Fugu Ultra Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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