Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, running ~75% cheaper than Haiku 4.5

mikeyk · x · 2026-10-08

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, its cheapest, fastest and most capable small model yet, built for speed and efficiency at roughly 75% lower running cost than Haiku 4.5. The suggested pairing: Opus handles heavy reasoning while Haiku 5.5 takes on high-volume work.

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