Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Command A
Updated October 21, 2026. 9 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 9
- Claude Haiku 5.5 only
- 53
- Command A only
- 51
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads, 43.4 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Command A has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Command A has a GPQA Diamond result, 48.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Command A has a AIME result, 13.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Command A has a MMLU Pro result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1263.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a Vals Index result, 58.7%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 takes 1M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.0003, Command A $0.0075 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Command A has the number, $2.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Haiku 5.5 70.7 from 5 benchmarks, Command A not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 45.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Finance Agent (Vals AI): Claude Haiku 5.5 54.1% against Command A 9.0%, 45.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.50 against Command A $10.00 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Haiku 5.5 takes 1M tokens, Command A 256K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Bars | Command A | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 9 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 91.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1586 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 27.8 | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.8% | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 36.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 90.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 47.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.6% | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 44.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 20.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 75.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 28.7% | Only Command A measured |
| SciCode | 55.0% | 38.5% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 25.0% | Only Command A measured |
| FrontierCode | 46.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1330 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1336 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1605 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1569 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 43.4 | 13.1 | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 159.3 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Command A measured |
| LiveBench research | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 80.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 57.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 5.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 54.1% | 9.0% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 31.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 4.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 10.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 80.7% | Only Command A measured |
| APEX-Agents | 56.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,602 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 48.5% | Only Command A measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 76.1% | Only Command A measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.4% | 12.0% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 30.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| EBR-bench | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1326 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1296 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1335 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 13.3% | Only Command A measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.7% | Only Command A measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 13.0 | Only Command A measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.0% | Only Command A measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 75.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 46.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ProofBench | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1300 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1312 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 69.2% | Only Command A measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.7% | Only Command A measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.5% | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.0% | Only Command A measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.4% | Only Command A measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 51.5% | 19.7% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 71.2% | Only Command A measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 23.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1339 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1334 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1348 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1315 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1263 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1291 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1315 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1293 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1343 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1279 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 58.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 53.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 63.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 45.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 89.5% | 55.7% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| IFBench | Not measured | 73.9% | Only Command A measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.7% | 52.7% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| DTBench | 95.0% | 61.3% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| LMCA | 51.1% | 10.3% | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| Furniture assembly | 47.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1331 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1309 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1319 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1344 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1313 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1327 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1342 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1285 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1285 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1351 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1347 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1314 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1324 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1338 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1334 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1328 | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1306 | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Command A | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 | Cohere Command A |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Cohere |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 7, 2026 | March 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 1M | 256K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.10 | $2.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.50 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 70.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $2.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than Command A for coding?
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command A has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Command A?
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Command A costs $2.50 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Command A only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Command A?
Claude Haiku 5.5, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Command A comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Haiku 5.5's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Command A's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.