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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Haiku 4.5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Claude Haiku 4.5
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Haiku 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Opus 4.6Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$5.00 Claude Haiku 4.5
Output (per 1M tokens)$5.00$25.00 Claude Haiku 4.5
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.10$0.50 Claude Haiku 4.5
Cache Write (per 1M)$1.25$6.25 Claude Haiku 4.5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Claude Haiku 4.5 is 80% cheaper overall.

Claude Haiku 4.5 Providers

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Claude Opus 4.6 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Haiku 4.5 Wins
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Claude Opus 4.6 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Opus 4.6Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
31.146.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
29.647.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
39.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
64.684.0
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
51.1--
Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Claude Haiku 4.5
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Haiku 4.5
200,000
tokens
Claude Opus 4.6
1,000,000
tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 80% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Opus 4.6Winner
Tokens/second113.2 tok/s48.1 tok/s
Time to First Token0.42s1.68s
Claude Haiku 4.5 responds 135% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Opus 4.6
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Opus 4.6
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicAnthropic
ReleasedOct 2025Feb 2026

Claude Haiku 4.5 Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Haiku 4.5 has cheaper input pricing at $1.00/M tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 has cheaper output pricing at $5.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to Claude Haiku 4.5's score of 29.6.
Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window.
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision. Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision.