Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 is Anthropic’s fastest and most efficient model, delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost and latency of larger Claude models. Matching Claude Sonnet 4’s performance across reasoning, coding, and computer-use tasks, Haiku 4.5 brings frontier-level capability to real-time and high-volume applications. It introduces extended thinking to the Haiku line; enabling controllable reasoning depth, summarized or interleaved thought output, and tool-assisted workflows with full support for coding, bash, web search, and computer-use tools. Scoring >73% on SWE-bench Verified, Haiku 4.5 ranks among the world’s best coding models while maintaining exceptional responsiveness for sub-agents, parallelized execution, and scaled deployment.
Specifications
Modalities
Supported Parameters
Max Output Tokens
64,000Code Examples
curl https://api.fastmetal.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "anthropic-claude-haiku-4-5",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'How Claude Haiku 4.5 actually answers
Real responses to our standard prompts, recorded on FastMetal.
Count the number of 'r's in 'strawberry'
Count the number of 'r's in 'strawberry'. Explain your reasoning step by step.
Debug This Error
I'm getting the following error in my Node.js application: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map') at UserList (/app/components/UserList.js:12:25) at renderWithHooks (/app/node_modules/rea…
Code Review
Please review the following Python function and suggest improvements for readability, performance, and best practices: def get_data(url, retries=3): import requests import time for i in range(retries):…
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the Claude Haiku 4.5 API cost?
- On FastMetal, Claude Haiku 4.5 is billed per token in yen: ¥184.8 per 1M input tokens and ¥924 per 1M output tokens, before tax. Usage is drawn from a prepaid balance; there is no subscription or monthly fee.
- Can I call Claude Haiku 4.5 with the OpenAI SDK?
- Yes. Point base_url at https://api.fastmetal.ai/v1 and pass "anthropic-claude-haiku-4-5" as the model; existing OpenAI-style code works unchanged, including streaming, tool calls and structured output.
- What is the context window of Claude Haiku 4.5?
- 200,000 tokens, shared between the prompt and the response.
- How does Claude Haiku 4.5 rank?
- #112 on the public arena's Japanese board (ELO 1,357). Ranks move as the leaderboard is updated.
- What do I need to try Claude Haiku 4.5?
- Create an account and add credit; the model is then available both in the browser chat and over the API. There is no contract or minimum spend.
Try Claude Haiku 4.5 right now
Claude Haiku 4.5 is available on FastMetal through one API key. Start in the browser, or call it from the OpenAI SDK.