Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-1verified-v1-15fb467fd4fc · verified_score · leader | 47.6752% of row best · percent · Claude Haiku 4.5 (Thinking 32K) | 92.50100% of row best · percent · Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) |
| ARC-AGI-2verified-v2-9a3db289984e · verified_score · leader | 4.036% of row best · percent · Claude Haiku 4.5 (Thinking 32K) | 72.08100% of row best · percent · Claude Opus 4.8 (High) |
| LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader | 1,423.0397% of row best · rating · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001; 95% CI [1416.59570790, 1429.45877492]; votes 30937; rank 30 | 1,468.90100% of row best · rating · claude-opus-4-8; 95% CI [1460.58009276, 1477.22476172]; votes 8193; rank 16 |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader | 1,395.2596% of row best · rating · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001; 95% CI [1392.70335168, 1397.78975878]; votes 124979; rank 144 | 1,451.98100% of row best · rating · claude-opus-4-8; 95% CI [1447.69484580, 1456.25837678]; votes 49123; rank 38 |
| Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above | 0 benchmark wins | 4 benchmark winsOverall lead |
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Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Family | Claude 4 5 | Claude 4 8 |
| Model | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Version | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-10-15 | 2026-05-28 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | 2026-01-01 |
| Input modalities | Unknown | Unknown |
| Output modalities | Unknown | Unknown |
| Context window | 200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Total parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | Unknown |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Provider access | Anthropic (Standard), Deepinfra (Standard) | Anthropic (Standard), Deepinfra (Standard) |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, tools | chat, generation, reasoning, tools |
12 comparable fields · 5 material differences · Interactive comparison only; indexing gate not met
Claude Haiku 4.5 Capabilities
Claude Opus 4.8 Capabilities
Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8 FAQs
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8 better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.8, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 is $1.00 and Claude Opus 4.8 is $5.00 per million tokens, so Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper on this metric. Claude Haiku 4.5 is $5.00 and Claude Opus 4.8 is $25.00 per million tokens, so Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper on this metric.
Which has a larger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger sourced context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200,000 and Claude Opus 4.8 supports 1,000,000.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
Claude Opus 4.8 leads the current overall benchmark count. The result uses 4 protocol-matched benchmarks from 2 publishers; it is not a universal quality score.
Can Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8 be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: unsupported. Claude Haiku 4.5 is not marked open weight; Claude Opus 4.8 is not marked open weight.
Can Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 understand images?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 is not documented with image input; Claude Opus 4.8 is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger sourced maximum output: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 64,000 and Claude Opus 4.8 supports 128,000 output tokens.
Do Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 support reasoning and tool use?+
Claude Haiku 4.5: reasoning and tool calling. Claude Opus 4.8: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 has 2 sourced provider routes; Claude Opus 4.8 has 2, a tie.
Which offers better value, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Claude Opus 4.8?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.