Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Input price
$0.80
$1.00
Output price
$4.00
$5.00
Context window
200K
200K
Throughput
127 tok/s
126 tok/s
Availability
99.9%
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.004
$0.005
Efficiency score
88
88
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
CLAUDE-3.5-HAI
CLAUDE-HAIKU-4
Chat assistant
$720.00
$900.00
RAG / long context
$1,320
$1,650
Agent / tool use
$2,016
$2,520
Efficiency score: Claude 3.5 Haiku
Across price, speed and reliability, Claude 3.5 Haiku offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper?+
Claude 3.5 Haiku has the lower input price — $0.80 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude Haiku 4.5?+
Across price, speed and reliability, Claude 3.5 Haiku offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.