Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 168.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. Claude Haiku 4.5 is $84.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5 continues Anthropic's tradition of fast, efficient models in the fourth generation Claude family. Designed to maintain the hallmark speed and cost-effectiveness of the Haiku line while incorporating advancements from the Claude 4 series, it serves applications requiring rapid processing and quick turnaround times.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 represents an iteration within the Claude 4 Opus line, built to deliver refined performance in complex reasoning and analysis tasks. Developed as part of Anthropic's flagship tier, it incorporates improvements to the foundational capabilities that define the Opus family of models.
2 months newer

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
2025-10-15
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Opus 4.1
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Opus 4.1
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.1

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Opus 4.1

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
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