Model comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Evidence parity. Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking; 16 to Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning).
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 0
- Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking only
- 2
- Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) only
- 16
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Haiku 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)$0.15 input / $0.6 output | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Haiku 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Haiku 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking200K | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)256K | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic4 benchmarks
Coding3 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | — | 19.6% | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | — | 76.9% | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | — | 9.5% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | -29.9% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 22.1% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 66.8% | Not comparable |
Multimodal2 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | — | 48.2% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Claude Haiku 4.5 Thinking and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) today?
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning): $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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