Compare Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) and Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
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Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 | Anthropic | Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens | $0.5 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1321-2017ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Claude Opus 4.6anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 | Anthropic | $5 / 1M tokens | $25 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1930-4195ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper ($0.1 / 1M tokens input / $0.5 / 1M tokens output) vs Claude Opus 4.6 ($5 / 1M tokens input / $25 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.
Both target Vision. Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 to optimize cost, or Claude Haiku 5.5 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.