Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 156.8% more intelligence, 44.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1283.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 43.4 | +156.8% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is 2.6× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $330.25 | −44.4% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is 44.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.70s | 327.94s | +1283.7% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is 1283.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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