Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) by Anthropic or Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 11.7 points higher (41.2 vs 29.5) but costs 4.6× as much to run the benchmark ($158 vs $34.3; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 29.5, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) when 29.5 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 41.2 | +39.7% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhi… is 39.7% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $157.58 | +359.3% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhi… is 4.6× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.19s | 59.82s | +487.0% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhi… is 487.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 39.7% more intelligence, 359.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 487.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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