Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)

Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
15.40
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
30.10
Total cost
$4925
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)15.430.1+95.5% Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ma… is 95.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$4,924.80— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.36s163.10s+2464.5% Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ma… is 2464.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.00 / $5.00$3.00 / $15.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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