Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
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by Anthropic
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by Anthropic
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier | Current budget |
| Released | Jan 15, 2026 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $3.00/Mtok | $1.00/Mtok |
| Output | $15.00/Mtok | $5.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $9.00/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.300/Mtok | $0.100/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 200K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
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textimage
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| Benchmarks from Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 73.8 | 82.9 |
| Perf / dollar | 8.2 | 27.6 |
| HumanEval | — | 87.8 |
| MATH 500 | — | 78 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Anthropic — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
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Anthropic — $1.00/$5.00/Mtok
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Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)
| Volume | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $9 | $3 | $6 (66.7%) |
| 10M tokens | $90 | $30 | $60 (66.7%) |
| 100M tokens | $900 | $300 | $600 (66.7%) |
| 1000M tokens | $9000 | $3000 | $6000 (66.7%) |
Summary
Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic costs $3.00/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic costs $1.00/Mtok input and $5.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Claude Haiku 4.5 is 200% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6.
On benchmarks, Claude Haiku 4.5 scores higher (82.9 vs 73.8) on average. In terms of value, Claude Haiku 4.5 has better performance per dollar (27.6 vs 8.2).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.