Claude Haiku 3 vs Mixtral 8x22B
Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 47 to 33 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3
47/100- ECI118.4
- Price$0.25 / $1.25
- Context200K
Mistral AIMixtral 8x22B
33/100- ECI122.0
- Price$2.00 / $6.00
- Context64K
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Claude Haiku 3 is our pick
Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Mixtral 8x22B (33). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x22B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityMixtral 8x22BCapabilities Index (ECI): Mixtral 8x22B 122.0 · Claude Haiku 3 118.4
- Lowest priceClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 · Mixtral 8x22B $3.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Mixtral 8x22B 64,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Mixtral 8x22B: Text
- Self-hostingMixtral 8x22BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Claude Haiku 3 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 38 | 43 |
| Price | 25% | 64 | 27 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 25 |
| Context window | 10% | 32 | 12 |
| Overall | 100% | 47/100 | 33/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | Mixtral 8x22BMistral AI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 118.4 | 122.0 (best) |
| ECI rank | #143 of 148 | #139 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 36.3% (best) | 34.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 1.8% | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.25 (best) | $2.00 |
| Output | $1.25 (best) | $6.00 |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.50 (best) | $3.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Official Mistral API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (best) | 64,000 tokens |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | 64,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | open-mixtral-8x22b |
| API providers | 2 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Mar 13, 2024 | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2023 | Apr 2024 |
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- Claude Haiku 3$5.00
- Mixtral 8x22B$32.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Haiku 3 or Mixtral 8x22B?
Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Mixtral 8x22B (33). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x22B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3 or Mixtral 8x22B?
Claude Haiku 3 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Mixtral 8x22B costs $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.50 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 3 versus $3.00 for Mixtral 8x22B (6× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Mixtral 8x22B scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Mixtral 8x22B 122.0 (#139 of 148) and Claude Haiku 3 118.4 (#143 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (115.1–124.4 vs 110.5–121.2), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Haiku 3 36.3%, Mixtral 8x22B 34.1%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 3 and Mixtral 8x22B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Mixtral 8x22B 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?
Claude Haiku 3 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 64,000 for Mixtral 8x22B. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Mixtral 8x22B up to 64,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Mixtral 8x22B accepts text. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Mixtral 8x22B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Mixtral 8x22B is the newest, released Apr 17, 2024. Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Mixtral 8x22B Apr 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 Oct 4, 2026.
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