Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) comes from xAI and Claude Haiku 4.5 from Anthropic. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) holds more in a single conversation — 2M tokens against 200K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.20 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Anthropic |
| Model ID | grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 |
| Context window | 2M | 200K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input price | $0.20 / 1M tokens | $1.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.50 / 1M tokens | $5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio | text, image, file |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) when…
- You need the larger context window — 2M against 200K.
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.20 / 1M tokens versus $1.00 / 1M tokens.
- You need audio input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 when…
- You want longer single responses — up to 64K output tokens.
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