Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Haiku and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 8.0x more expensive than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 13.3x more expensive than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Haiku is more expensive than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Haiku

Input tokens$0.80

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerAWS Bedrock

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.30

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 3.1 24B Base's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base uses Apache 2.0.

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 3.1 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base was released on 2025-03-17.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base is 5 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Base

Mar 17, 2025

12 months ago

4mo newer

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 3.1 24B Base is available from Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.