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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 5.5

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, task quality, and projected cost at higher scale.

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Claude Haiku 4.5

Fast / Budget

Claude Opus 5.5

Flagship
Input $/MTok
$1.00
$4.00
Output $/MTok
$5.00
$20.00
Cache discount
90% off
95% off
Context
200K
1,000K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
72
vs
0
Code Review
70
vs
0
Summarization
82
vs
0
Q&A
86
vs
0
Extraction
88
vs
0
Reasoning
65
vs
0
Classification
90
vs
0
Creative Writing
60
vs
0
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Opus 5.5

Guidance

When to use Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 5.5

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 when...

  • -Cost matters: 75% cheaper on input tokens

Choose Claude Opus 5.5 when...

  • -You need a larger context window (1,000K vs 200K)
  • Similar performance; consider provider preference or ecosystem fit.

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Opus 5.5
100K tokens
$0.22Cheaper
$0.88
1M tokens
$2.20Cheaper
$8.80
10M tokens
$22.00Cheaper
$88.00

FAQ

When should I use Claude Haiku 4.5 instead of Claude Opus 5.5?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Opus 5.5 perform similarly across all tracked tasks. Pick based on pricing and provider preference.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5?

Claude Opus 5.5 input costs $4.00/MTok, which is 300% more than Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Opus 5.5?

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200K token context window. Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1,000K token context window.

Track your real costs

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