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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

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 Sonnet 4.5 wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

PropertyClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicAnthropic
ReleasedOct 2025Sep 2025

Claude Haiku 4.5 Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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 Sonnet 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 33.5, compared to Claude Haiku 4.5's score of 29.6.
Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 1,000,000 token context window.
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports vision.