Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3.1
Wins 6 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Claude Haiku 4.5 is the stronger all-rounder.Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper.
Scores updated · 18 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Claude Haiku 4.53 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Claude Haiku 4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude Haiku 4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Haiku 4.52 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Haiku 4.51 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Haiku 4.51 of 1 test
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Mistral Small 3.1 costs 95% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Haiku 4.5 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+52points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+50.3points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+24.4points ahead
Where Mistral Small 3.1 pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 18 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Haiku 4.5
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Haiku 4.5 by 19.727.37.6+19.7
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Haiku 4.5 by 1844.226.2+18
- SciCodeClaude Haiku 4.5 by 14.442.227.8+14.4
AgentsClaude Haiku 4.5
- GDPValClaude Haiku 4.5 by 11.811.80+11.8
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Haiku 4.5 by 1.99.37.4+1.9
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningClaude Haiku 4.5
- GPQA DiamondClaude Haiku 4.5 by 21.867.245.4+21.8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Haiku 4.5 by 6.110.44.3+6.1
- CritPttie00tie
FactsClaude Haiku 4.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Haiku 4.5 by 50.372.722.4+50.3
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Haiku 4.5 by 2.91815.1+2.9
Following instructionsClaude Haiku 4.5
- IFBenchClaude Haiku 4.5 by 24.454.329.9+24.4
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Haiku 4.5 by 46.3-4.4-50.8+46.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Haiku 4.5 by 29.654.725.1+29.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Haiku 4.5 by 17.643.926.3+17.6
- AA IntelligenceClaude Haiku 4.5 by 9.816.97.1+9.8
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Haiku 4.5 by 8.210.32.1+8.2
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Mistral Small 3.1?
Claude Haiku 4.5 wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Mistral Small 3.1 wins none, but costs 95% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Haiku 4.5. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Mistral Small 3.1 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.1 costs $0.11 and $0.17. That makes Mistral Small 3.1 about 95% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 18 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.