Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs Beam 1.0
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Beam 1.0 by Reflection? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Beam 1.0
Beam 1.0 vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 79.3% more intelligence, 46.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 65.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | Beam 1.0 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 30.3 | +79.3% Beam 1.0 is 79.3% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $318.73 | −46.3% Beam 1.0 is 46.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.18s | 8.02s | −65.4% Beam 1.0 is 65.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.40 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
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.
- Beam 1.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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