GPT-5.4 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.5
How GPT-5.4 mini (OpenAI) and Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) compare on price, context window and best-fit use case.
In short: GPT-5.4 mini is best for High-volume tasks like classification, extraction, and chat where cost and speed matter most, while Claude Haiku 4.5 suits Real-time chat, routing, classification, and high-throughput pipelines on a budget. On price it's $0.75 vs $1.00 per 1M input tokens; on context, ~400K tokens vs 200K tokens.
| Spec | GPT-5.4 mini | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Context window | ~400K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Input price /1M | $0.75 | $1.00 |
| Output price /1M | $4.50 | $5.00 |
| Modalities | text, image | text, image |
| Best for | High-volume tasks like classification, extraction, and chat where cost and speed matter most. | Real-time chat, routing, classification, and high-throughput pipelines on a budget. |
GPT-5.4 mini
- Very low cost
- Fast latency
- Good general capability for its size
- Solid tool calling
Claude Haiku 4.5
- Low latency
- Cheapest Claude tier
- Good reasoning for its size
- Strong tool use