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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Step 3.5 Flash

List-price comparison · Claude Haiku 4.5 details · Step 3.5 Flash details

For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Step 3.5 Flash costs 93% less $22.80/mo vs $320.00/mo.

 Claude Haiku 4.5Step 3.5 Flash
Input / 1M tokens$1.00$0.090
Output / 1M tokens$5.00$0.300
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0032$0.0002
Context window200k tokens262,144 tokens
Max output64k tokens16,384 tokens
TierFlashFlash
ProviderAnthropicStepFun

Projected monthly cost

Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Very low latency for high-volume, simple tasks — classification, short summaries, and lightweight chat where response time matters more than depth.

Noticeably weaker on multi-step reasoning and long-context synthesis; pairing with a larger model for escalation is common.

Step 3.5 Flash

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