Model comparison · updated 2026-07-28

Claude Sonnet 5vsClaude Haiku 4.5

Side-by-side pricing for1 million tokens

Price comparison

Claude Sonnet 5Claude Haiku 4.5Verdict
ProviderAnthropicAnthropic--
Context window1M200K--
Input / 1M tokens$2$1Claude Haiku 4.5 is 2x cheaper
Output / 1M tokens$10$5Claude Haiku 4.5 is 2x cheaper
Output:input ratio5x5x--
Tierbalancedbudget--

Claude Sonnet 5: Introductory pricing — list price is $3 / $15 from Sep 1, 2026.

What does $10 buy?

$10 of input

Claude Sonnet 5

5,000,000 tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5

10,000,000 tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5 gives you 2x more input for the same budget.

$10 of output

Claude Sonnet 5

1,000,000 tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5

2,000,000 tokens

Claude Haiku 4.5 gives you 2x more output for the same budget.

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