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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Claude Haiku 3 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1

Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 46 to 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 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

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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). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 3Capabilities Index (ECI): 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 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 32,768 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1: Text
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 3Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%3838
Price25%6162
Inputs & features15%600
Context window10%320
Overall100%46/10034/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Claude Haiku 3 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 3AnthropicMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Mistral AI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.8 (best)118.4
ECI rank#156 of 165 (best)#160 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions36.3% (best)30.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics1.8%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25 (best)$0.444
Output$1.25$0.579 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.50$0.478 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 3 providersMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)32,768 tokens
Max output4,096 tokens32,768 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesNo
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenApache 2.0
API model ID——
API providers3 (best)2
ReleasedMar 13, 2024Dec 11, 2023
Knowledge cutoffAug 31, 2023—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Claude Haiku 3$5.00
  • Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1$5.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 3 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). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3 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). 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).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 3 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): 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 (111.7–121.4 vs 110.9–121.0), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — 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 and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 3 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 32,768 for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, 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 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 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

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

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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