Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Codestral 2508

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Codestral 2508

Mistral AI

$0.30 / $0.90

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 is 2.2× cheaper than Codestral 2508 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M vs 256K).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Codestral 2508
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.30
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$0.90
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$0.45
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	$0.03
Context window	1M	256K
Max output	128K	205K
Intelligence index	36.5	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	10	—
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	—
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	No
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2025-08-01
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Codestral 2508?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 2.2× cheaper than Codestral 2508 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Codestral 2508: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Codestral 2508: 256,000 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Codestral 2508 ≈ $1,050.

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