| Signal | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest | Delta | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|
Capabilities | 100 | -- | |
Pricing | 95 | +20 | |
Context window size | 84 | -11 | |
Recency | 100 | -- | |
Output Capacity | 80 | -5 | |
Benchmarks | 0 | -87 | |
| Overall Result | 1 wins | of 6 | 3 wins |
Score History
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Anthropic
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest saves you $1400.00/month
That's $16800.00/year compared to Claude Opus 4.6 at your current usage level of 100K calls/month.
| Metric | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest | Claude Opus 4.6 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 40 | 90 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Rank | #191 | #5 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Quality Rank | #191 | #5 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Adoption Rank | #191 | #5 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Parameters | -- | -- | -- |
| Context Window | 200K | 1000K | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Pricing | $1.00/$5.00/M | $5.00/$25.00/M | -- |
| Signal Scores | |||
| Capabilities | 100 | 100 | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Pricing | 95 | 75 | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Context window size | 84 | 95 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Recency | 100 | 100 | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Output Capacity | 80 | 85 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Benchmarks | -- | 87 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
Our score (0-100) is driven by benchmark performance (90%) from Arena Elo ratings, MMLU, GPQA, HumanEval, SWE-bench, and 15+ standardized evaluations. Capabilities and context window serve as tiebreakers (10%). Learn more about our methodology.
Scores 40/100 (rank #191), placing it in the top 34% of all 290 models tracked.
Scores 90/100 (rank #5), placing it in the top 99% of all 290 models tracked.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 50-point advantage, which typically translates to noticeably stronger performance on complex reasoning, code generation, and multi-step tasks.
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest offers 80% better value per quality point. At 1M tokens/day, you'd spend $90.00/month with Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest vs $450.00/month with Claude Opus 4.6 - a $360.00 monthly difference.
Both models have comparable response speeds. For most applications, the latency difference is negligible.
When latency matters most: Interactive chatbots, IDE code completion, real-time translation, and user-facing applications where response time directly impacts experience. For batch processing, background summarization, or offline analysis, latency is less critical.
Code generation & review
Based on overall model capabilities and architecture for coding tasks like generating functions, debugging, and refactoring
Customer support chatbot
Suitable for user-facing chat with competitive response times. Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest also offers lower per-token costs for high-volume support
Long document analysis
Larger context window (1000K tokens) can process longer documents, contracts, and research papers in a single pass
Batch data extraction
Lower output pricing ($5.00/M) reduces costs when processing thousands of records daily
Creative writing & content
Higher overall composite score (90/100) correlates with better nuance, coherence, and style in long-form content
Image understanding & OCR
Supports vision input - can analyze screenshots, diagrams, photos, and scanned documents directly
Claude Opus 4.6 clearly outperforms Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest with a significant 50.400000000000006-point lead. For most general use cases, Claude Opus 4.6 is the stronger choice. However, Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest may still excel in niche scenarios.
Best for Quality
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent
Best for Cost
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
80% lower pricing; better value at scale
Best for Reliability
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
Higher uptime and faster response speeds
Best for Prototyping
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
Stronger community support and better developer experience
Best for Production
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale
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| Capability | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest | Claude Opus 4.6 |
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Anthropic
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest saves you $31.20/month
That's 80% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.6 at 1,000 tokens/request and 100 requests/day.
Assumes 60% input / 40% output token ratio per request. Actual costs may vary based on your usage pattern.
| Parameter | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Context Window | 200K | 1M |
| Max Output Tokens | 64,000 | 128,000 |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Created | Apr 27, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 |