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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.1 Nano

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

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Claude 3.5 Haiku

Anthropic

Overall 79
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GPT-4.1 Nano

OpenAI

Overall 70
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Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

CodingReasoningWritingVisionContextValue
Claude 3.5 HaikuGPT-4.1 Nano
Comparison of Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.1 Nano
MetricClaude 3.5 HaikuGPT-4.1 Nano
Input Price / 1M$0.80$0.10
Output Price / 1M$4.00$0.40
Combined Price / 1M$4.80$0.50
Context Window200,0001,047,576
Coding Score7875
Reasoning Score8072
Vision Score7560
AudioNoNo
StreamingYesYes
Function CallingYesYes
Latency Tierfastfast
Release Date10/22/20244/14/2025

Claude 3.5 Haiku — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Low latency
  • Good writing quality

Weaknesses

  • Smaller context than competitors

GPT-4.1 Nano — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Lowest OpenAI cost
  • 1M context

Weaknesses

  • Limited on complex generation

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku scores 78 vs 75 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads on writing quality (82 vs 74).

Long Context

GPT-4.1 Nano

GPT-4.1 Nano offers 1M tokens vs 200K.

Cost Efficiency

GPT-4.1 Nano

GPT-4.1 Nano is cheaper at $0.50/M combined vs $4.80/M.

Enterprise Use

GPT-4.1 Nano

GPT-4.1 Nano combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.