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#aa7bc05c
Topic
INFRA & SAAS
Source
vercel_blog
Published
2026-05-12 08:00:00
Importance
★ 8/10 — radar 80
`AI Gateway` adds fast mode for `Claude Opus 4.7`
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`AI Gateway` adds fast mode for `Claude Opus 4.7`

Latency drops hard without stepping down model quality: output generation is about 2.5x faster. The tradeoff is brutal at 6x standard Opus pricing, so this is for premium paths only.

[ KEY POINTS ]
  1. Output token generation is roughly 2.5x faster while keeping full Opus 4.7 intelligence; useful when response time is the product constraint.
  2. Enable it via speed: 'fast' in anthropic provider options with anthropic/claude-opus-4.7, so rollout is a config change, not a model swap.
  3. Pricing jumps from $5/$25 per 1M input/output tokens to $30/$150. Speed gains are real, but margins get hit immediately.
  4. Claude Code can use it through AI Gateway with CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_FAST_MODE_ORG_CHECK, CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_OPUS_4_7_FAST_MODE, or ~/.claude/settings.json.
  5. Prompt caching and other standard multipliers still stack on top, so heavy agent loops can get expensive fast.
Originalvercel.com/changelog/fast-mode-for-opus-4-7-available-on-ai-gatewayRead original →

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