Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mistral Small 4

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Mistral Small 4

Mistral AI

$0.15 / $0.60

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 is 24% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (36.5 vs 4.3). Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M vs 262K).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Mistral Small 4
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.15
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$0.60
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$0.26
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	$0.015
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	128K	210K
Intelligence index	36.5	4.3
Coding index	—	26.6
Providers	10	3
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	100.0%
Vision input	Yes	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2026-03-16
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Mistral Small 4?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 24% cheaper than Mistral Small 4 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mistral Small 4: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Mistral Small 4: 262,144 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Mistral Small 4 ≈ $600.00.

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