Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 33.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Haiku offers 72.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4. Claude 3.5 Haiku is $13.20 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku was developed as the next generation of Anthropic's fastest model, offering similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku while surpassing Claude 3 Opus on many intelligence benchmarks. Built with low latency, improved instruction following, and accurate tool use, it serves user-facing products, specialized sub-agent tasks, and data-heavy applications.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 was created as the balanced offering in the Claude 4 family, designed to provide strong intelligence with practical speed and cost efficiency. Built to serve as a versatile workhorse for diverse applications, it balances advanced capabilities with operational considerations for everyday enterprise and consumer use.
7 months newer

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
2024-10-22

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

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Claude Sonnet 4
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

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Claude Sonnet 4
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude Sonnet 4

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
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