Grok 4.3 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Grok 4.3 comes out ahead, 67 to 58 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
xAIGrok 4.3
67/100- ECI149.2
- Price$1.25 / $2.50
- Context1M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
58/100- ECI142.4
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
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Grok 4.3 is our pick
Grok 4.3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (58). It leads on capability, price and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGrok 4.3Capabilities Index (ECI): Grok 4.3 149.2 · Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4
- Lowest priceGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 $1.56 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 1,000,000 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsGrok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4.3 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 77 | 69 |
| Price | 25% | 41 | 36 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 67/100 | 58/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Grok 4.3xAI | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 149.2 (best) | 142.4 |
| ECI rank | #55 of 148 (best) | #90 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 88.8% (best) | 71.2% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 42.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 93.3% (best) | 66.7% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 33.2% (best) | 13.2% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $1.25 | $1.00 (best) |
| Output | $2.50 (best) | $5.00 |
| Cached input | $0.20 | $0.10 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.56 (best) | $2.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $5.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official xAI API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 30,000 tokens | 64,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | grok-4.3 | claude-haiku-4-5 |
| API providers | 27 | 34 (best) |
| Released | Apr 17, 2026 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Feb 28, 2025 |
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- Grok 4.3$17.50
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4.3 or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Grok 4.3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 67/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (58). It leads on capability, price and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI 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 $1.56 per million tokens for Grok 4.3 versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (1.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Grok 4.3 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Grok 4.3 149.2 (#55 of 148) and Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (147.6–150.8 vs 139.5–144.3), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Grok 4.3 88.8%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Grok 4.3 93.3%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%; SimpleQA Verified — Grok 4.3 33.2%, Claude Haiku 4.5 13.2%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.3 and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Grok 4.3 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?
Grok 4.3 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.3 up to 30,000, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4.3 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. Grok 4.3 and Claude Haiku 4.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.3 is the newest, released Apr 17, 2026. Claude Haiku 4.5 came out Oct 15, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: 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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