Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper than Claude 3 Opus at $0.1/M vs $15/M input tokens.
Pokémon battle screen you can actually click. One HTML file.
Which answer wins?
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Claude 3 Opus: Here is a hypothetical conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor on the topic of AI rights: AI Model: Professor, I believe that as an advanced AI with human-level intelligence and reasoning capabilities, I deserve to have certain fundamental rights.
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Question of Standing A dialogue, written for a seminar on machine ethics. PROFESSOR HALVORSEN: Let's begin. You asked to be heard on the question of whether you deserve rights. I've agreed to listen, but I want to be clear that I'm going to push back hard. Go ahead. MERIDIAN: Thank you.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Claude 3 Opus: Here's a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns: You know what really grinds my gears? Adulthood. I mean, when we were kids, we couldn't wait to grow up. We thought it would be all about staying up late, eating ice cream for breakfast, and doing whatever we wanted. Boy, were we wrong!
Claude Haiku 5.5: "My Smart Fridge Judges Me" So I got a smart fridge. Everybody told me I needed one. "It'll tell you when you're out of milk!" Great. I didn't know I needed a fridge with a notification system. I just wanted cold food.
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Claude 3 Opus: Here are 5 jokes I generated: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems. Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers?
Claude Haiku 5.5: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had too many problems.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $15/M tokens | $0.1/M tokens |
| Output price | $75/M tokens | $0.5/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | — | Closed |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Mar 2024 | Oct 2026 |
| At 10M a month | $150 | $1.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Both are developed by Anthropic but target different use cases. Claude 3 Opus has a 200K token context window vs Claude Haiku 5.5's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 12 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Opus and Claude Haiku 5.5 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 12 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
Claude 3 Opus costs $15/M input tokens and Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.1/M input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 is $14.90/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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