# Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.1 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4.1 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-3-5-haiku-vs-gpt-4-1-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude 3.5 Haiku has the higher overall point estimate 47 to 29.22. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 41.6% and 64.2%.
- GPT-4.1 mini also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 29.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.40 / $1.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 16.6 (Estimated · #130/149)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 40.6% | 23.6% | Claude 3.5 Haiku |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 56.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DROP | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 51 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.6 (Supported · #147/181)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 41.6% | 64.2% | GPT-4.1 mini |
| MMLU-Pro | 65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | 80.3% | 87.5% | GPT-4.1 mini |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 44.2 (#96/128)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 85.9% | 88.5% | GPT-4.1 mini |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 3.5 Haiku public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 5.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.667% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Haiku or GPT-4.1 mini?

Claude 3.5 Haiku has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Claude 3.5 Haiku cover on BenchLM?

Claude 3.5 Haiku currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 mini currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.1](/compare/claude-3-5-haiku-vs-gpt-4-1)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/claude-3-5-haiku-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)

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