Expired60% confidenceFactExact time
The reason for a 10x billing gap (rather than 4x) is that output tokens account for a higher proportion of the tokens consumed by Claude Code, combined with a lower cache hit rate.
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Sources
60%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Codex VS Claude Code: The Token Economics Behind a 10x Price Gap
bilibili赋范AI课堂6/9/2026
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