Claude Opus 4vsPaLM 2 Chat
PaLM 2 Chat is cheaper than Claude Opus 4 at $0.5/M vs $15/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Opus 4 | PaLM 2 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $15/M tokens | $0.5/M tokens |
| Output price | $75/M tokens | $0.5/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 8K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | May 2025 | Jul 2023 |
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4
PaLM 2 ChatRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
PaLM 2 Chat costs 150x less per token.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
PaLM 2 Chat
Input
$0.50
30× cheaper
Output
$0.50
150× cheaper
PaLM 2 Chat is cheaper on both: 30× input, 150× output.
Where to run it
1 host
Claude Opus 41 host
PaLM 2 Chat
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Claude Opus 4 uses 118.4x more emoji
Claude Opus 4
PaLM 2 Chat
65%Vocabulary63%
57wSentence Length16w
0.67Hedging0.77
3.8Bold3.4
6.8Lists1.3
1.18Emoji0.00
1.42Headings0.07
0.22Transitions0.27
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