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Mistral Medium 3 vs Claude Haiku 4.5
A detailed comparison of Mistral Medium 3 (Mistral) and Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) across pricing, performance, and features.
Pricing Comparison
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.40 | $0.80 | +100% |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.00 | $4.00 | +100% |
| Context window | 128K | 200K | — |
| Max output | 16.384K | 8.192K | — |
Benchmark Comparison
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 76% | 69.4% |
| HumanEval | 87% | 88.1% |
Capabilities
| Capability | Mistral Medium 3 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| code | ✓ | ✓ |
| text | ✓ | ✓ |
| tool-use | ✓ | ✓ |
| vision | ✓ | ✓ |
Mistral Medium 3 Strengths
- ✓Very affordable for mid-tier quality
- ✓Good multilingual performance
Mistral Medium 3 Weaknesses
- ✗Lags behind on reasoning benchmarks
- ✗Smaller community and tooling
Claude Haiku 4.5 Strengths
- ✓Very fast responses
- ✓Cheapest Anthropic option
- ✓Good for classification and extraction
Claude Haiku 4.5 Weaknesses
- ✗Weakest reasoning in the Claude family
- ✗Can struggle with nuanced instructions
Quick Verdict
Best value: Mistral Medium 3 is the more affordable option at $0.4/$2 per 1M tokens.
Higher benchmarks: Mistral Medium 3 scores higher on average across available benchmarks (81.5% avg).
Larger context: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens.
Choose Mistral Medium 3 if cost matters most. Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 if you need the best possible quality for complex tasks.