Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6

Comparing two large language models (llm) models: features, pricing, pros and cons.

	Claude Haiku 4.5	Claude Opus 4.6
Provider	Anthropic	Anthropic
Pricing	$10–50/mo	$120–500/mo
Quality	8/10	9.5/10
Speed	9.5/10	8/10
Ease of use	8.5/10	8/10
Value	7/10	3/10
Context	200K	1000K
Tasks	Text Generation, Chatbots, Translation, RAG / Search	Text Generation, Chatbots, Coding, Translation, RAG / Search
Pros	+ Fast + Cheaper than Sonnet/Opus + Good for chatbots	+ Very long context window + Strong coding ability + Great for RAG
Cons	− Weaker reasoning than Sonnet − Cloud only	− High cost − Cloud only

Claude Haiku 4.5

Fast and affordable model for high-volume tasks and chatbots.

Model for long contexts, code, and precise instruction following.