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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GPT-4.1 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.5

Too close to call on our weighted score (GPT-4.1 mini 60, Claude Haiku 4.5 58). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. OpenAI

    GPT-4.1 mini

    Released Apr 14, 2025

    60/100
    • ECI135.0
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1.05M
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  2. Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GPT-4.1 mini 60/100, Claude Haiku 4.5 58/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Haiku 4.5 for raw capability, GPT-4.1 mini on price and GPT-4.1 mini for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 4.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 · GPT-4.1 mini 135.0
  • Lowest priceGPT-4.1 miniGPT-4.1 mini $0.70 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-4.1 miniGPT-4.1 mini 1,047,576 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsGPT-4.1 mini: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGPT-4.1 miniClaude Haiku 4.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%5969
Price25%5736
Inputs & features15%7080
Context window10%6132
Overall100%60/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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GPT-4.1 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationGPT-4.1 miniOpenAIClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)135.0142.4 (best)
ECI rank#115 of 148#90 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions65.9%71.2% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics44.7%66.7% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions12.7%13.2% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40 (best)$1.00
Output$1.60 (best)$5.00
Cached input$0.10$0.10
Blended (3:1)$0.70 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial OpenAI APIOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window1,047,576 tokens (best)200,000 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens64,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgpt-4.1-miniclaude-haiku-4-5
API providers2434 (best)
ReleasedApr 14, 2025Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoffApr 2024Feb 28, 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • GPT-4.1 mini$7.20
  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GPT-4.1 mini or Claude Haiku 4.5?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GPT-4.1 mini 60/100, Claude Haiku 4.5 58/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Haiku 4.5 for raw capability, GPT-4.1 mini on price and GPT-4.1 mini for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or Claude Haiku 4.5?

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for GPT-4.1 mini versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (2.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148) and GPT-4.1 mini 135.0 (#115 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (139.5–144.3 vs 131.2–136.6), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%, GPT-4.1 mini 65.9%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%, GPT-4.1 mini 44.7%; SimpleQA Verified — Claude Haiku 4.5 13.2%, GPT-4.1 mini 12.7%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-4.1 mini and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini has the largest context window at 1,047,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: GPT-4.1 mini up to 32,768, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GPT-4.1 mini accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

No. GPT-4.1 mini and Claude Haiku 4.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. GPT-4.1 mini came out Apr 14, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-4.1 mini Apr 2024, Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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