Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 67.3% less intelligence, 282.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 94.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 14.2 | −67.3% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 67.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $1,263.80 | +282.7% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 3.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 318.47s | 17.90s | −94.4% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 94.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $1.50 / $7.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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