Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Mistral Medium 3.1.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 is Anthropic’s fastest and most efficient model, delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost and latency of larger Claude models. Matching Claude Sonnet 4’s performance...
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 is an updated version of Mistral Medium 3, which is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It balances...
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral |
| Context Window | 200,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Agent Suitability | 87/100 | N/A |
| Time to First Token (TTFT) | 180 ms | N/A |
| Deployment Model | managed api | self hostable |
| Production Stability | stable | stable |
| API Available | Yes | Yes |
| Released Date | 2025-10-15 | 2025-08-13 |
API Pricing Comparison
Input Price per Million Tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5
$1.00
Mistral Medium 3.1
$0.40
Output Price per Million Tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5
$5.00
Mistral Medium 3.1
$2.00
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Benchmark Performance Metrics
Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.
Claude Haiku 4.5 Quirks & Gotchas
- ▸Fastest TTFT in the Claude lineup — ideal for real-time chat
- ▸Tool calling limited compared to Sonnet — best for simple classification and routing
Mistral Medium 3.1 Quirks & Gotchas
No developer gotchas reported.