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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mixtral 8x7B vs Claude Haiku 4.5

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

  1. Mistral AI

    Mixtral 8x7B

    Released Dec 11, 2023

    37/100
    • ECI118.5
    • Price$0.70 / $0.70
    • Context32K
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  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
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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 4.5Mixtral 8x7B: Text · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingMixtral 8x7BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMixtral 8x7BClaude Haiku 4.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%3869
Price25%5736
Inputs & features15%2580
Context window10%032
Overall100%37/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Mixtral 8x7B vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationMixtral 8x7BMistral AIClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)118.5142.4 (best)
ECI rank#142 of 148#90 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions30.6%71.2% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—66.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—13.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.70 (best)$1.00
Output$0.70 (best)$5.00
Cached input—$0.10
Blended (3:1)$0.70 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window32,000 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output32,000 tokens64,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDopen-mixtral-8x7bclaude-haiku-4-5
API providers134 (best)
ReleasedDec 11, 2023Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2024Feb 28, 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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

Which should you choose?

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

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, Mixtral 8x7B or Claude Haiku 4.5?

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 Mixtral 8x7B and Claude Haiku 4.5 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: Mixtral 8x7B up to 32,000, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mixtral 8x7B accepts text; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. 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: Mixtral 8x7B Jan 2024, Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025.

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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