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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mixtral 8x7B

Claude Haiku 4.5 comes out ahead, 58 to 37 on our weighted score, though Mixtral 8x7B is 2.9× cheaper per token.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 4.5

  2. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x7B

    Released Dec 11, 2023

    37/100
    • ECI118.5
    • Price$0.70 / $0.70
    • Context32K
    Full specs Remove Mixtral 8x7B

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01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 4.5 is our pick

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (37). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x7B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 4.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 · Mixtral 8x7B 118.5
  • Lowest priceMixtral 8x7BMixtral 8x7B $0.70 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 · Mixtral 8x7B 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Mixtral 8x7B: Text
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x7BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 4.5Mixtral 8x7B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%6938
Price25%3657
Inputs & features15%8025
Context window10%320
Overall100%58/10037/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mixtral 8x7B specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicMixtral 8x7BMistral AI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)142.4 (best)118.5
ECI rank#90 of 148 (best)#142 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions71.2% (best)30.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics66.7%—
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions13.2%—
Price per million tokens
Input$1.00$0.70 (best)
Output$5.00$0.70 (best)
Cached input$0.10—
Blended (3:1)$2.00$0.70 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Anthropic APIOfficial Mistral API
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Max output64,000 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDclaude-haiku-4-5open-mixtral-8x7b
API providers34 (best)1
ReleasedOct 15, 2025Dec 11, 2023
Knowledge cutoffFeb 28, 2025Jan 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
  • Mixtral 8x7B$8.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mixtral 8x7B?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Mixtral 8x7B (37). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. Mixtral 8x7B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mixtral 8x7B?

Mixtral 8x7B is cheaper at $0.70 input / $0.70 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Mixtral 8x7B versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (2.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148) and Mixtral 8x7B 118.5 (#142 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (139.5–144.3 vs 111.3–121.3), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%, Mixtral 8x7B 30.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mixtral 8x7B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 4.5 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 4.5 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 32,000 for Mixtral 8x7B. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000, Mixtral 8x7B up to 32,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Mixtral 8x7B accepts text. Claude Haiku 4.5 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Mixtral 8x7B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Mixtral 8x7B came out Dec 11, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025, Mixtral 8x7B Jan 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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