Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) vs gpt-5.6: API price and specs
Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 67% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on input price.
Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 79% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on output price.
Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 74% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
gpt-5.6 has a 86% larger context than Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest).
| Field | Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) | gpt-5.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.50 | $1.50 +200% |
| Median input, per 1M | $1.00 | $2.35 +135% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $2.50 | $12.00 +380% |
| Median output, per 1M | $5.00 | $14.00 +180% |
| Lowest unit price | $0.001 / request | $0.001 / request |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $1.00 | $3.90 +290% |
| Context | 200K +46.2% | 372K |
| Max output | 64K | 8K +87.2% |
| Providers | 34 | 2 +94.1% |
| Regions | APAC, AU, EU, GLOBAL, IN, JP, US | — |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | openrouter | xpersona |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) or gpt-5.6?
Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 67% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on input price. Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 79% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on output price. Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) is 74% cheaper than gpt-5.6 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) or gpt-5.6?
Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest): 200K tokens; gpt-5.6: 372K tokens.
Where can I use both Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) and gpt-5.6?
cometapi, xpersona