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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Claude Haiku 3 vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1

Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 46 to 34 and 34 on our weighted score.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 3

    Released Mar 13, 2024

    46/100
    • ECI118.8
    • Price$0.25 / $1.25
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 3

  2. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

    Released Apr 17, 2024

    34/100
    • ECI122.0
    • Price$2.00 / $6.00
    • Context66K
    Full specs Remove Mixtral 8x22B Instruct

  3. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1

    Released Dec 11, 2023

    34/100
    • ECI118.4
    • Price$0.444 / $0.579
    • Context33K
    Full specs Remove Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 3 is our pick

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 (34) and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityMixtral 8x22B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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 · Mixtral 8x22B Instruct $3.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 65,536 · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 32,768 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Mixtral 8x22B Instruct: Text, PDFs · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1: Text
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x22B Instruct and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 3Mixtral 8x22B InstructMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%384238
Price25%612662
Inputs & features15%60350
Context window10%32120
Overall100%46/10034/10034/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Claude Haiku 3 vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 3AnthropicMixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AIMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Mistral AI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.8122.0 (best)118.4
ECI rank#156 of 165#155 of 165 (best)#160 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions36.3% (best)34.1%30.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics1.8%——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25 (best)$2.00$0.444
Output$1.25$6.00$0.579 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.50$3.00$0.478 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 3 providersMedian of 5 providersMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)65,536 tokens32,768 tokens
Max output4,096 tokens52,428 tokens (best)32,768 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesYesNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoNoNo
Tool callingYesYesNo
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpenApache 2.0
API model ID———
API providers35 (best)2
ReleasedMar 13, 2024Apr 17, 2024Dec 11, 2023
Knowledge cutoffAug 31, 2023Jan 31, 2024—
03 — Cost

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
  • Mixtral 8x22B Instruct$32.00
  • Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1$5.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 3, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct or Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1?

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 (34) and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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); Mixtral 8x22B Instruct costs $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). 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 $3.00 for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct (6.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 122.0 (#155 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 (115.7–124.3 vs 111.7–121.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Haiku 3 36.3%, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 34.1%, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 30.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 3, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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 65,536 for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct and 32,768 for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct up to 52,428, 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; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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 8x22B Instruct and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct is the newest, released Apr 17, 2024. Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024; Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 came out Dec 11, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Jan 31, 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.

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