Claude Haiku 5.5 effort guide: ★ XHigh recommended, ability and cost by effort
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic): the recommended effort is ★ XHigh, ability 38.6 at $0.487 per reference coding task. One step up to Max: +2.5 ability for ×2.55 the cost.
Ability, cost and time at each effort
Claude Haiku 5.5 · Anthropic · ★ XHigh
| Effort | Ability | vs ★ | Cost / task | Cost × | Time × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 18.8 | -19.7 | $0.100 | ×0.21 | ×0.45 |
| Med | 27.2 | -11.4 | $0.179 | ×0.37 | ×0.54 |
| High | 32.4 | -6.2 | $0.299 | ×0.61 | ×0.71 |
| ★ XHigh | 38.6 | — | $0.487 | ×1.00 | ×1.00 |
| Max | 41.1 | +2.5 | $1.24 | ×2.55 | ×3.37 |
Cost is the API cost of one reference coding task; cost × and time × are relative to the ★ recommended effort. Open in the effort console
In Anthropic's lineup
Cheapest
- Claude Haiku 5.5 → Claude Sonnet 5.5: ability +8.3, cost ×3.09
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 → Claude Opus 5.5: ability +8.5, cost ×1.93
Where to use it
- API:
claude-haiku-5-5 - Claude Code:
claude-haiku-5-5
Other models from this maker: Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5
Data published 2026-10-15 11:33 UTC · All data is also available through the public API