Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) vs Claude Opus 4.5
Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) vs Claude Opus 4.5: Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) is cheaper by 95% on average. Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) from Anthropic (200,000-token context, tool calls) vs. Claude Opus 4.5 from Azure AI Foundry (200,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
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At this workload, Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) is 95% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 — a savings of $3,614/month ($43,373/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: claude-3-haiku-20240307
provider: anthropic
fallback:
model: claude-opus-4-5
provider: azure-ai-foundry
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07) | Claude Opus 4.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.250/M | $5.00/M |
| Output price | $1.25/M | $25.00/M |
| Context window | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Max output | 4,096 | 64,000 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
Benchmark comparison
Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.
Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Claude 3 Haiku (2024-03-07)
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Claude Opus 4.5
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