Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo vs Command A Pro: which model should you choose?
We compared Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo and Command A Pro on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Command A Pro has the stronger average benchmark score; Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo is a multimodal model from Anthropic. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $14.37 per million input tokens and $54.76 per million output tokens, and averages 80.0 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.37 / 1M
- Output
- $54.76 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 80.0
- Open weights
- No
Command A Pro
Command A Pro is a multimodal model from Cohere. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $14.28 per million input tokens and $68.05 per million output tokens, and averages 81.3 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.28 / 1M
- Output
- $68.05 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 81.3
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo | Command A Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.37 | $14.28 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $54.76 | $68.05 | A |
| Context window | 200,000 | 200,000 | Tie |
| Max output | 32,768 | 16,384 | A |
| Average score | 80.0 | 81.3 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1434.5 | 1434.6 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo wins 3, Command A Pro wins 9, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo | Command A Pro | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.6 | 81.3 | 0.7 | Command A Pro |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.1 | 79.1 | 4.0 | Command A Pro |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.4 | 71.2 | 2.8 | Command A Pro |
| HumanEval | 87.0 | 87.5 | 0.5 | Command A Pro |
| MATH-500 | 83.7 | 83.1 | 0.6 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo |
| AIME 2025 | 79.2 | 78.2 | 1.0 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo |
| LiveCodeBench | 71.7 | 74.0 | 2.3 | Command A Pro |
| IFEval | 87.1 | 89.0 | 1.9 | Command A Pro |
| TruthfulQA | 81.0 | 83.3 | 2.3 | Command A Pro |
| HellaSwag | 88.1 | 90.1 | 2.0 | Command A Pro |
| MMMU | 77.7 | 77.2 | 0.5 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo |
| Arena Elo | 1434.5 | 1434.6 | 0.1 | Command A Pro |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo costs about $24.47 per million tokens and Command A Pro costs about $27.72. Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo is roughly 12% cheaper than Command A Pro. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Both models list a 200,000-token context window. That is enough for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo wins 3, Command A Pro wins 9, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Command A Pro leads Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo by 1.3 points (81.3 versus 80.0).
The price picture favours Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo. The context picture is effectively a tie. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Command A Pro for quality-sensitive work and Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 32,768-token output limit.
Choose Command A Pro if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
FAQ
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo better than Command A Pro?
On the index average, Command A Pro leads Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo by 1.3 points (81.3 versus 80.0). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo wins 3 benchmarks, Command A Pro wins 9.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo or Command A Pro?
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $24.47 per million tokens, versus $27.72 for Command A Pro.
Which has the larger context window?
Both models list a 200,000-token context window.
Are these models open weights?
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo is proprietary; Command A Pro is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Command A Pro for quality-sensitive work and Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.