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Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 · claude-sonnet-5-5

For a standard 10M input / 2M output monthly coding workload, Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) costs $2.00 vs $4.00 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (50% lower token spend).

Get API Key for Both Models →Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) SpecsClaude Sonnet 5.5 Specs

Side-by-Side API Pricing & Specs

Live per-million-token pricing served through Newton’s unified OpenAI-compatible gateway.

MetricAnthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001)Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5
API Model IDclaude-haiku-4-5-20251001claude-sonnet-5-5
Provider LabAnthropicAnthropic
Gateway StatusAvailableAvailable
Input / 1M tokens$0.10$0.20
Cached Input / 1M tokens$0.01$0.01
Output / 1M tokens$0.50$1.00
Context Window128K+128K+

Real-World Engineering Workload Cost

Estimated spend for typical coding and autonomous agent workloads based on published per-token rates:

Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) · 10M In + 2M Out$2.00
Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 10M In + 2M Out$4.00
Billing ModelPrepaid · $0 Hard Stop

When to Route to Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

Because Newton’s exposes both claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 and claude-sonnet-5-5 behind the same API key and base URL, engineering teams frequently combine both models in the same workflow:

  • Primary Planning & ArchitectureClaude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001)
  • High-Volume Execution & VerificationClaude Sonnet 5.5 (claude-sonnet-5-5)
  • Interactive Cost SimulatorOpen Token Calculator →

Switch Between Both Models With One API Key

Point the official OpenAI SDK, Cursor, or Claude Code at https://newtons.dev/api/v1 and swap the model string on demand:

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.NEWTONS_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://newtons.dev/api/v1",
});

// Switch between Claude Haiku 4.5 (20251001) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 with 1 line:
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001", // or "claude-sonnet-5-5"
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Compare architecture trade-offs." }],
});

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