Claude Haiku 3 vs Mistral Large vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
Too close to call on our weighted score (Claude Haiku 3 46, Mistral Large 44, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 34). The right pick depends on what you value most.
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3
46/100- ECI118.8
- Price$0.25 / $1.25
- Context200K
Mistral AIMistral Large
44/100- ECI122.0
- Price$0.50 / $1.50
- Context128K
- Mistral AI
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
34/100- ECI118.4
- Price$0.444 / $0.579
- Context33K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 3 points (Claude Haiku 3 46/100, Mistral Large 44/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 34/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Large for raw capability, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 on price and Claude Haiku 3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityMistral LargeCapabilities Index (ECI): Mistral Large 122.0 · Claude Haiku 3 118.8 · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 118.4
- Lowest priceMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 $0.478 · Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 · Mistral Large $0.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Mistral Large 128,000 · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Mistral Large: Text, PDFs · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1: Text
- Self-hostingMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Claude Haiku 3 | Mistral Large | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 38 | 42 | 38 |
| Price | 25% | 61 | 53 | 62 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 45 | 0 |
| Context window | 10% | 32 | 24 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 46/100 | 44/100 | 34/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | Mistral LargeMistral AI | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 118.8 | 122.0 (best) | 118.4 |
| ECI rank | #156 of 165 | #153 of 165 (best) | #160 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 36.3% | 38.8% (best) | 30.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 1.8% | 1.9% (best) | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.25 (best) | $0.50 | $0.444 |
| Output | $1.25 | $1.50 | $0.579 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.05 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.50 | $0.75 | $0.478 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 3 providers | Official Mistral API | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | 102,400 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | — | mistral-large-latest | — |
| API providers | 3 | 11 (best) | 2 |
| Released | Mar 13, 2024 | Feb 26, 2024 | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2023 | Nov 30, 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Claude Haiku 3$5.00
- Mistral Large$8.00
- Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1$5.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Haiku 3, Mistral Large or Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 3 points (Claude Haiku 3 46/100, Mistral Large 44/100, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 34/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Large for raw capability, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 on price and Claude Haiku 3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3, Mistral Large or Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1?
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 is cheaper at $0.444 input / $0.579 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Claude Haiku 3 costs $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers); Mistral Large costs $0.50 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.478 per million tokens for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 versus $0.50 for Claude Haiku 3 (1× as much) and $0.75 for Mistral Large (1.6× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Mistral Large scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Mistral Large 122.0 (#153 of 165), Claude Haiku 3 118.8 (#156 of 165) and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 118.4 (#160 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (115.7–124.8 vs 111.7–121.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Mistral Large 38.8%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3%, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 30.6%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 3, Mistral Large and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Mistral Large leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Haiku 3 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 128,000 for Mistral Large and 32,768 for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Mistral Large up to 102,400, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Mistral Large accepts text and PDFs; Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 accepts text. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 and Mistral Large is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Claude Haiku 3 is the newest, released Mar 13, 2024. Mistral Large came out Feb 26, 2024; Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 came out Dec 11, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Mistral Large Nov 30, 2024.
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 Nov 2, 2026.
