Compare · updated 2026-11-01
Claude Haiku vs Mistral Large
Claude Haiku is better at quick answers, writing, coding; Mistral Large is better at reasoning, maths, structured data, long documents, translation. Claude Haiku is the cheaper of the two on output.
Measured quality by task
| Task | Claude Haiku | Mistral Large | Better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick answers | 85/100 | 82/100 | Claude Haiku |
| Writing | 89/100 | 84/100 | Claude Haiku |
| Coding | 82/100 | 78/100 | Claude Haiku |
| Reasoning | 74/100 | 76/100 | Mistral Large |
| Maths | 79/100 | 87/100 | Mistral Large |
| Structured data | 86/100 | 90/100 | Mistral Large |
| Long documents | 87/100 | 89/100 | Mistral Large |
| Translation | 83/100 | 91/100 | Mistral Large |
Quality is Nivana’s measured score for each kind of task, from weekly pairwise evals judged by models from several labs. Prices are live AI Gateway list prices per million tokens. Updated 2026-11-01. How this is measured.
Price and context
| Claude Haiku | Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Lab | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.1 | $0.7 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $0.5 | $2.1 |
| Typical chat answer | $0.00050 | $0.00252 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Router picks it for | Fallback only | 1 of 24 request types |
Which should you use?
Use the one that wins the kind of work you do most, unless the price gap outweighs the quality gap for easy requests. Or don’t choose: Nivana scores both, and the rest of the pool, on every request and sends it to whichever is best for that request.
Questions
Is Claude Haiku better than Mistral Large?
On Nivana’s weekly evals Claude Haiku scores higher on 3 of 8 task types (quick answers, writing, coding) and Mistral Large on 5 (reasoning, maths, structured data, long documents, translation). Neither is better at everything.
Which is better for coding, Claude Haiku or Mistral Large?
Claude Haiku: 82/100 against 78/100 for Mistral Large on Nivana’s coding evals.
Which is better for writing, Claude Haiku or Mistral Large?
Claude Haiku: 89/100 against 84/100 for Mistral Large on Nivana’s writing evals.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku or Mistral Large?
Claude Haiku: $0.5 per million output tokens against $2.1 for Mistral Large, about 4.2× less. A typical chat answer costs about $0.0005 on Claude Haiku and $0.0025 on Mistral Large.
Or let the router pick, per request
Nivana sends every message to the model that scores best for it, sets how hard it thinks, and tells you which one answered. 2,000 free credits to start, no card.