ClaudevsGPT

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT 5.6 Terra

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

GPT 5.6 Terra

Mid-tier
Input $/MTok
$1.00
$2.50
Output $/MTok
$5.00
$15.00
Cache discount
90% off
90% 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
86
Code Review
70
vs
84
Summarization
82
vs
92
Q&A
86
vs
92
Extraction
88
vs
90
Reasoning
65
vs
82
Classification
90
vs
89
Creative Writing
60
vs
80
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT 5.6 Terra

Guidance

When to use Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT 5.6 Terra

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 when...

  • -You need strong classification (confidence 90 vs 89)
  • -Cost matters: 60% cheaper on input tokens

Choose GPT 5.6 Terra when...

  • -You need strong summarization (confidence 92 vs 82)
  • -You need strong q&a (confidence 92 vs 86)
  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 90 vs 88)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 86 vs 72)
  • -You need a larger context window (1,000K vs 200K)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT 5.6 Terra
100K tokens
$0.22Cheaper
$0.63
1M tokens
$2.20Cheaper
$6.25
10M tokens
$22.00Cheaper
$62.50

FAQ

When should I use Claude Haiku 4.5 instead of GPT 5.6 Terra?

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms GPT 5.6 Terra for Classification. It costs $1.00/$5.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is GPT 5.6 Terra cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5?

GPT 5.6 Terra input costs $2.50/MTok, which is 150% more than Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and GPT 5.6 Terra?

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200K token context window. GPT 5.6 Terra has a 1,000K token context window.

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