Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Pixtral-12B

Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Pixtral-12B is 10.7x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MATH), while Pixtral-12B 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

Pixtral-12B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 5.3x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 26.7x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Haiku is more expensive than Pixtral-12B.*

* 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
Pixtral-12B
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.15
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 Pixtral-12B's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Pixtral-12B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.

Pixtral-12B 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

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Pixtral-12B 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

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is 1 month newer than Pixtral-12B.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

1mo newer
Pixtral-12B

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. Pixtral-12B is available from Mistral AI.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.80/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M
google logo
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

Pixtral-12B

mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.15/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.15/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher HumanEval score (88.1% vs 72.0%)
Higher MATH score (69.4% vs 48.1%)
Mistral AI
Supports multimodal inputs
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
Pixtral-12B

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Pixtral-12B

Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Pixtral-12B is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3.5 Haiku scores HumanEval: 88.1%, MGSM: 85.6%, DROP: 83.1%, MATH: 69.4%, MMLU-Pro: 65.0%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.
Pixtral-12B is 5.3x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku costs $0.80/M input and $4.00/M output via bedrock. Pixtral-12B costs $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output via mistral.
Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($0.80 vs $0.15/M), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.