Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Large 2
Compare Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic against Mistral Large 2 by Mistral AI, context windows of 200K vs 128K, tested across 23 shared challenges. Updated June 2026.
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Large 2?
Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Large 2 are both competitive models. Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large 2. Context windows: 200K vs 128K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Large 2
Claude Haiku 4.5 is made by anthropic while Mistral Large 2 is from mistral. Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200K token context window compared to Mistral Large 2's 128K. On pricing, Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1/M input tokens vs $8/M for Mistral Large 2.
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is 4.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper on both — 8.0× input, 4.8× output
Style Comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 uses 17.0x more transitions
