Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Input price
$1.00
$1.50
Output price
$5.00
$7.50
Context window
200K
262K
Throughput
126 tok/s
164 tok/s
Availability
100.0%
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.005
$0.007
Efficiency score
88
87
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
CLAUDE-HAIKU-4
MISTRAL-MEDIUM
Chat assistant
$900.00
$1,350
RAG / long context
$1,650
$2,475
Agent / tool use
$2,520
$3,780
Efficiency score: Claude Haiku 4.5
Across price, speed and reliability, Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5 cheaper?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 has the lower input price — $1.00 vs $1.50 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 Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?+
Across price, speed and reliability, Claude Haiku 4.5 offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.