Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads with 5.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 72.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4. Claude Haiku 4.5 is $12.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 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.
4 months newer

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22

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

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval