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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mistral Large 2

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 7.4. Claude Haiku 5.5 is 15.0x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 7.4, ranking #19 overall.

On price, Claude Haiku 5.5 is roughly 15.0x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude Haiku 5.5 also accepts a larger context window (1,000,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • cost matters — it's about 15.0x cheaper per token
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 1,000,000 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Mistral Large 2

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.0
#19
7.4
#304
Reasoning
47.2
#27
7.3
#297
Coding
40.2
#13
13.0
#151
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
$6.00 / M
Context window
1,000,000
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Mistral Large 2
Math
25.7#110
11.3#250
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 5 for Mistral Large 2

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 2don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10/1M tokens) is 20.0x cheaper than Mistral Large 2 ($2.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.50/1M tokens) is 12.0x cheaper than Mistral Large 2 ($6.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Mistral Large 2 is more expensive than Claude Haiku 5.5.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.50
Best providerAnthropic
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$6.00
Best providerGoogle
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Large 2's 128,000 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Large 2 does not.

Claude Haiku 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Large 2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Large 2 uses Mistral Research License.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 27 months newer than Mistral Large 2.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Oct 7, 2026

1 days ago

2.2yr newer
Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Mistral Large 2's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mistral Large 2's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Jun 2026

Mistral Large 2

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Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Mistral Large 2 is available from Google, Mistral AI.

Claude Haiku 5.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.50/1M

Mistral Large 2

google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $2.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $6.00/1M
mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $2.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $6.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 2 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 5.5
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Mistral Large 2
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mistral Large 2.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Mistral Large 2?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 7.4. Claude Haiku 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Mistral Large 2 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Haiku 5.5 compare to Mistral Large 2 in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores Global-MMLU: 87.8%, MILU: 87.6%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 87.0%, Chartography: 86.2%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 83.7%. Mistral Large 2 scores GSM8k: 93.0%, HumanEval: 92.0%, MT-Bench: 86.3%, MMLU: 84.0%, MMLU French: 82.8%.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 cheaper than Mistral Large 2?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 20.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10/M input and $0.50/M output via anthropic. Mistral Large 2 costs $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output via google.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 2?

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Mistral Large 2 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 2?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.0 vs 7.4), context window (1.0M vs 128K), input pricing ($0.10 vs $2.00/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 2?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI.

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