Models

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229 vs Grok 4.5

Compare Claude 3 Haiku 20240229 from Anthropic and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku 20240229GrokGrok 4.5
Anthropic logo
Claude 3 Haiku 20240229
Anthropic · text, image → text

Input$0.28 /M
Output$0.28 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.28
$2.00
Output /M
$0.28
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.28
$0.50
Context length
NaN
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
0.8 s
1.5 s
Throughput
67.2 tok/s
25.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
claude-3-haiku-20240229grok-4.5
1180128013801480
Overall
12611470
Coding
13001523
Math
12311478
Hard prompts
12641495
Instruction following
12441466
Multi-turn
12431477
Creative writing
12151449
Longer query
12651485
Chinese
12471511
English
12701475
Vision
claude-3-haiku-20240229grok-4.5
980108011801280
Overall
10001282
OCR
12951295
Diagram
13211321
Homework
13281328

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229
$20.63 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude 3 Haiku 20240229, Grok 4.5?

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229: $0.28/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Claude 3 Haiku 20240229: 1300 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229: 0.8s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229 at 67.2 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 25.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude 3 Haiku 20240229 accepts text and image input; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call Claude 3 Haiku 20240229 and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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