Claude Haiku 5.5
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Head-to-head comparison
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs. Claude Opus 4.8
Compare published benchmark results from matching versions and cohorts, API pricing, and technical specifications. Any documented test setup differences remain visible.
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Specifications
General specifications
Release date, availability, context window, architecture, and published parameter counts at a glance. Undisclosed details remain marked as unavailable.
| Attribute | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Released | Oct 7, 2026 | May 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Legacy |
| Model type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Parameters | Not published | Not published |
| Architecture | Not published | Not published |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | June 2026 | January 2026 |
| Technical sources | Model | Model, Knowledge cutoff |
Pricing
API pricing compared
The table compares official standard API rates per 1M tokens, including published cache pricing. Batch, fast, priority, regional surcharges, tool calls, and cloud platform pricing are excluded.
| Price type | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| API input | $0.1 ≤100K / $0.5 >100K | $5 |
| API output | $0.5 ≤100K / $2.5 >100K | $25 |
| Cache read | $0.01 ≤100K / $0.05 >100K | $0.5 |
| Cache write (5 min.) | $0.13 ≤100K / $0.63 >100K | $6.25 |
| Cache write (1 hr.) | $0.2 ≤100K / $1 >100K | $10 |
| Price verified | 10/13/2026 Source | 09/22/2026 Source |
Claude Haiku 5.5Claude Opus 4.8
API inputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 5.5Lower price$0.1
Claude Opus 4.8$5
API outputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 5.5Lower price$0.5
Claude Opus 4.8$25
Cache readUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 5.5Lower price$0.01
Claude Opus 4.8$0.5
Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie
Pricing by provider
Direct developer pricing and provider endpoint tariffs routed through OpenRouter are listed separately. Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Context-dependent direct tiers plus regional, Flex, Priority, and other OpenRouter tariffs remain individually identifiable.
No provider tariff for Claude Haiku 5.5 is available in the stored OpenRouter snapshot. The official direct price is still shown.
No provider tariff for Claude Opus 4.8 is available in the stored OpenRouter snapshot. The official direct price is still shown.
| Model | Provider | Purchase route and tariff | Input per 1M tokens | Output per 1M tokens | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | Direct from developerUp to 100,000 context tokens | Lowest listed price: $0.1 | Lowest listed price: $0.5 | Source10/13/2026 |
| Anthropic | Direct from developerAbove 100,000 context tokens | $0.5 | $2.5 | Source10/13/2026 | |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | Direct from developerStandard API | Lowest listed price: $5 | Lowest listed price: $25 | Source09/22/2026 |
Performance
Shared benchmarks
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Capability profile from matched benchmarks
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No directly comparable result series yet
No published benchmark for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 currently matches in version, task, metric, and comparison cohort. We therefore show no estimated or blended values.
Our model tests
Our tests
SVG short test
One SVG prompt and fixed output settings. Captures are shown only with 0 reported reasoning tokens or documented lack of reasoning controls. Identical test conditions do not make the models' internal compute identical.
Shared test round: 4ae5d8eeb9a9
Claude Opus 4.8
Unavailable in this round
Earlier tests
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Not tested yet
Claude Opus 4.8
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Oct 1, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- anthropic/claude-opus-4.8
- API model reported in response
- anthropic/claude-opus-4.8
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- Anthropic | anthropic/claude-4.8-opus-20260528
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
- Response time
- 18 s
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)How to read this comparison
Winning one benchmark is not an overall verdict
Your workload, budget, and required context length matter most. A coding benchmark says little about visual understanding or agent performance.
The standard price table uses direct developer rates. The provider comparison labels OpenRouter endpoints, regions, and special tariffs separately.
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