Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Grok 4.3 (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) by Anthropic or Grok 4.3 (High) by SpaceXAI? 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 (Low)
Grok 4.3 (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 15.6% less intelligence, 958.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 183.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Grok 4.3 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 24.9 | −15.6% Grok 4.3 (High) is 15.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $363.24 | +958.7% Grok 4.3 (High) is 11× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.70s | 30.35s | +183.6% Grok 4.3 (High) is 183.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $1.25 / $2.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
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.
- Grok 4.3 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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