Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Pixtral Large

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

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Claude 3.5 Haiku

Anthropic

Overall 79

fast

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Pixtral Large

Mistral

Overall 85

standard

Capability radar

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

Claude 3.5 HaikuPixtral Large

Comparison of Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Pixtral Large
Metric	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Pixtral Large
Input Price / 1M	$0.80	$2.00
Output Price / 1M	$4.00	$6.00
Combined Price / 1M	$4.80	$8.00
Context Window	200,000	128,000
Coding Score	78	83
Reasoning Score	80	84
Vision Score	75	93
Audio	No	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	fast	standard
Release Date	10/22/2024	11/18/2024

Claude 3.5 Haiku — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Low latency
Good writing quality

Weaknesses

Smaller context than competitors

Pixtral Large — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Excellent vision
EU hosting

Weaknesses

General reasoning below Claude/GPT

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Pixtral Large scores 83 vs 78 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads on writing quality (82 vs 80).

Long Context

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku offers 200K tokens vs 128K.

Cost Efficiency

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku is cheaper at $4.80/M combined vs $8.00/M.

Enterprise Use

Pixtral Large combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Pixtral Large is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.