Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-08.
| Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | anthropic |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 73.6 | 73.6 |
| Input Price | $0.10/M | $0.05/M |
| Output Price | $0.50/M | $0.25/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 71.6 | 71.6 |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) costs $0.11 and Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.23, so Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) is about 2.0 times cheaper for the same work.
Both read up to 1,000,000 tokens at once, roughly 1,500 pages of text.
Across the 6 tasks where they differ, Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) on 6 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 142 | 142 |
| Code Completion | 133 | 133 |
| Code Documentation | 138 | 138 |
| Regex Writing | 127 | 127 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 129 |
| Blog Post Writing | 130 | 130 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →