Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs Ministral 3 14B
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or Ministral 3 14B by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) scores 31.8 points higher (37.8 vs 6.0) but costs 2.5× as much to run the benchmark ($94.1 vs $37.6; mid-range vs budget cost classes). Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Ministral 3 14B.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | Ministral 3 14B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 6.0 | −84.1% Ministral 3 14B is 84.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $37.56 | −60.1% Ministral 3 14B is 60.1% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 27.77s | 7.88s | −71.6% Ministral 3 14B is 71.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.20 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Ministral 3 14B vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 84.1% less intelligence, 60.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 71.6% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Ministral 3 14B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
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