Haiku 5.5 provides high performance at 1/50 the cost of Opus 4.6
October 14, 2026
Haiku 5.5 maintains performance levels exceeding the previous SOTA Opus 4.6 while offering significantly lower costs for the first 100k tokens. Implementing agentic workflows that chunk tasks to stay under this 100k threshold maximizes cost efficiency.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can optimize agentic workflows by using token-count hooks to stay within the 100k low-cost window.
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founderYou can maintain high-end model performance while drastically reducing operational overhead for high-volume tasks.