Claude Haiku 3 vs WizardLM 2 8x22B vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 46 to 38 and 31 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3
46/100- ECI118.8
- Price$0.25 / $1.25
- Context200K
MicrosoftWizardLM 2 8x22B
38/100- ECI—
- Price$0.493 / $0.493
- Context66K
Mistral AIMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
31/100- ECI118.4
- Price$0.444 / $0.579
- Context33K
Claude Haiku 3 is our pick
Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against WizardLM 2 8x22B (38) and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 (31). It leads on inputs & features and context window. WizardLM 2 8x22B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond), because WizardLM 2 8x22B has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityWizardLM 2 8x22BShared benchmarks: WizardLM 2 8x22B 43.4% · Claude Haiku 3 36.3% · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 30.6%
- Lowest priceMixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 $0.478 · WizardLM 2 8x22B $0.493 · Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · WizardLM 2 8x22B 65,536 · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · WizardLM 2 8x22B: Text · Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1: Text
- Self-hostingWizardLM 2 8x22B and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Publishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0 and Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Claude Haiku 3 | WizardLM 2 8x22B | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 36 | 43 | 31 |
| Price | 25% | 61 | 62 | 62 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Context window | 10% | 32 | 12 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 46/100 | 38/100 | 31/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | WizardLM 2 8x22BMicrosoft | Mixtral 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 questions | 36.3% | 43.4% (best) | 30.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 1.8% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.25 (best) | $0.493 | $0.444 |
| Output | $1.25 | $0.493 (best) | $0.579 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.50 | $0.493 | $0.478 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 3 providers | Median of 3 providers | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | 8,000 tokens | 32,768 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No | No |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenApache-2.0 | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 3 (best) | 3 (best) | 2 |
| Released | Mar 13, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2023 | — | — |
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
- WizardLM 2 8x22B$5.92
- Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1$5.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Haiku 3, WizardLM 2 8x22B or Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1?
Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 46/100 against WizardLM 2 8x22B (38) and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 (31). It leads on inputs & features and context window. WizardLM 2 8x22B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond), because WizardLM 2 8x22B has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3, WizardLM 2 8x22B 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). WizardLM 2 8x22B costs $0.493 input / $0.493 output per million tokens (median across 3 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 $0.493 for WizardLM 2 8x22B (1× as much) and $0.50 for Claude Haiku 3 (1× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond): WizardLM 2 8x22B 43.4%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3% and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 30.6%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — WizardLM 2 8x22B 43.4%, 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, WizardLM 2 8x22B and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, WizardLM 2 8x22B leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that WizardLM 2 8x22B and 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 WizardLM 2 8x22B and 32,768 for Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, WizardLM 2 8x22B up to 8,000, 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; WizardLM 2 8x22B accepts text; Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 accepts text. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
WizardLM 2 8x22B and Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 publishes its weights (Apache-2.0 and Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
WizardLM 2 8x22B is the newest, released Apr 15, 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.
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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