Claude 4.5 Haiku

A fast, small model delivering near-frontier coding and computer-use performance at ultra-low cost with exceptional speed and strong safety.

Model Details

Provider

Anthropic

Model Type

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Context Window

200,000 tokens

Pricing

Input (1M)$1.00
Output (1M)$5.00

Capabilities

1. Frontier-level coding at small-model speed

  • Similar coding performance to Claude Sonnet 4 at one-third the cost.
  • Runs 4-5x faster than Sonnet 4.5 for many tasks.
  • Ideal for real-time pair programming, prototyping, and rapid iteration.

2. Excellent computer-use abilities

  • Surpasses Claude Sonnet 4 in certain computer-control tasks.
  • Great for agents requiring low-latency tool use (Chrome automation, coding agents, etc.).

3. Perfect for real-time, low-latency applications

  • Chat assistants
  • Customer support agents
  • Interactive development loops
  • Multi-agent orchestration

4. Works seamlessly with Sonnet 4.5 in hybrid agent setups

  • Sonnet 4.5 plans complex workflows.
  • Haiku 4.5 executes subtasks in parallel for speed and cost-efficiency.

5. High alignment & safest Claude model by metric

  • Lower misaligned behavior rates than Haiku 3.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Opus 4.1.
  • Limited CBRN risk → released under AI Safety Level 2 (ASL-2).

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