Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 88.6% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $405.00/mo), while Mistral Small 3 leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.800 $0.100 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.080 $0.050 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $4.00 $0.30 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1238 LMSYS Elo 1215 LMSYS Elo Claude 3.5 Haiku
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $405.00 / mo $46.12 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-88.6%)
Context Window 200,000 tokens 32,000 tokens Claude 3.5 Haiku
Output Speed (Throughput) 130 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec Mistral Small 3
Batch API Discount -50% (Anthropic) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Anthropic
Primary Workload Fit Fast code sub-tasks, real-time moderation, heavy prompt-cached pipelines GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Claude 3.5 Haiku → Try Mistral Small 3 → Open Full Simulator