Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.4 mini
Anthropic's current small model against OpenAI's previous mini, at similar list prices. Both list prices from the makers’ own pages, and what three everyday jobs cost on each.
US dollars, standard rate, shortest context band. Price only: this page does not rank quality.
- Claude Haiku 4.5
- $5.00
- GPT-5.4 mini
- $4.05
- Claude Haiku 4.5, per M tokens
- $1 / $5
- GPT-5.4 mini, per M tokens
- $0.75 / $4.50
3,000 tokens in and 400 out each, at list price.
Per million tokens, Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1 in and $5 out; GPT-5.4 mini costs $0.75 in and $4.50 out. 1,000 support replies cost $5.00 on Claude Haiku 4.5 and $4.05 on GPT-5.4 mini, so Claude Haiku 4.5 costs 23% more. Claude Haiku 4.5 reads up to 200K tokens at once, GPT-5.4 mini up to 400K.
Side by side
Each maker’s published rate for its standard tier. Cached input is what a repeated prompt prefix costs once the provider has stored it.
| Fact | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Tier | Small and fast | Small and fast |
| Input, per M tokens | $1.00 | $0.75 |
| Output, per M tokens | $5.00 | $4.50 |
| Cached input | $0.10 | $0.075 |
| Context window | 200K | 400K |
| Released | 15 Oct 2025 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
What a job costs on each
1,000 runs of each job at the two list prices. The gap moves from job to job because the models price input, output and cached context differently.
| Job | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GPT-5.4 mini | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support reply3,000 in, 400 out. | $5.00 | $4.05 | GPT-5.4 mini, 19% less |
| Document summary25,000 in, 1,000 out. | $30.00 | $23.25 | GPT-5.4 mini, 23% less |
| Agent task80,000 in (70,000 cached), 3,000 out. | $32.00 | $26.25 | GPT-5.4 mini, 18% less |
The token counts are ours, chosen to look like real work; the prices are the makers’. A model with no published cache price bills the agent task’s repeated context at its full input rate.
The small print
What each base rate leaves out, from the makers’ own pages: surcharges, discounts, promotions and cache pricing.
- Claude Haiku 4.5
- Cache write $1.25 (5 min) or $2 (1 h). Batch API 50% off. Anthropic’s pricing page
- GPT-5.4 mini
- Batch 50% off. Context 400,000 with max input 272K. OpenAI’s pricing page
Other comparisons
Every head to head on the list that involves Claude Haiku 4.5 or GPT-5.4 mini.
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Prices checked 22 September 2026