Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Mistral Small

Comparing Claude 3.5 Haiku and Mistral Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude 3.5 Haiku and Mistral Small don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 4.0x more expensive than Mistral Small ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than Mistral Small ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Haiku is more expensive than Mistral Small.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input tokens$0.80
Output tokens$4.00
Best providerAWS Bedrock
Mistral AI
Mistral Small
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.60
Best providerMistral
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small's 32,768 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Mistral Small is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Mistral Small was released on 2024-09-17.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is 1 month newer than Mistral Small.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

1mo newer
Mistral Small

Sep 17, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Haiku is available from Bedrock, Google, Anthropic. Mistral Small is available from Mistral AI.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.80/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $0.80/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M
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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M

Mistral Small

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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.60/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Mistral AI
Mistral Small

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Mistral Small

Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) and Mistral Small (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Claude 3.5 Haiku scores HumanEval: 88.1%, MGSM: 85.6%, DROP: 83.1%, MATH: 69.4%, MMLU-Pro: 65.0%.
Mistral Small is 4.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku costs $0.80/M input and $4.00/M output via bedrock. Mistral Small costs $0.20/M input and $0.60/M output via mistral.
Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 33K), input pricing ($0.80 vs $0.20/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small is developed by Mistral AI.