Marketing Copy A/B Testing: GPT-5.4 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.6 for 100K-Token Batches

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GPT-5.4 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.6
Complete Comparison: 100,000 input tokens × 10,000 output tokens
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Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 50% Cached.

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Comparison Criteria GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI
Claude Haiku 4.6
Anthropic
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (50% cached)
Input Tokens 100,000 100,000
Output Tokens 10,000 10,000
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.018750 (rounded ~ $0.02)Worst $0.006250 (rounded ~ $0.01)Best
Output Cost $0.011250 (rounded ~ $0.01)Worst $0.003125Best
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $0.021563 (rounded ~ $0.02) Most Expensive $0.006563 (rounded ~ $0.01) Best Value
Processing Time 3 minutes, 55.58 seconds Slowest 2 minutes, 18.65 seconds Fastest
Tokens per Second 500Slowest 850Fastest
Time to First Token 180ms Worst 75ms Best
Cost per 1K tokens $0.000196Worst $0.000060Best
Tokens per Dollar 5,101,449Worst Value 16,761,905Best Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $0.187500 (rounded ~ $0.19)Worst $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)Best
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $1.125000 (rounded ~ $1.13)Worst $0.312500 (rounded ~ $0.31)Best
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.093750 (rounded ~ $0.09)Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.031250 (rounded ~ $0.03)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.562500 (rounded ~ $0.56)Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.156250 (rounded ~ $0.16)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Caching Support
50
✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
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GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAIMax Context: 400,000 tokens
$0.75 / $4.5 per 1M tokens
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$0.021563 Total Cost
$0.009375 Input Cost
$0.011250 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
110,000Total Tokens
$0.000196Cost per 1K
5,101,449Tokens per $
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Processing Speed

3m 55s Processing Time
500 Tokens/Second
180ms Time to First Token
467 Effective Speed

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First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
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Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
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GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

$0.021563 (rounded ~ $0.02)
Total Cost
⚡ 50% Cached 📊 Batch API
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.030000 Input: $0.018750 (rounded ~ $0.02)
Output: $0.011250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Optimized Cost $0.021563 (rounded ~ $0.02) Input: $0.018750 (rounded ~ $0.02)
Output: $0.011250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.008438 (rounded ~ $0.01) 28.1% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 100,000 input tokens and 10,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.018750 (rounded ~ $0.02)
  • Output Cost: $0.011250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
  • Total Cost: $0.021563 (rounded ~ $0.02)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000196
  • Tokens per dollar: 5,101,449 tokens
  • Context Window: 400000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 500 tokens per second and 180ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 3 minutes, 55.58 seconds
  • Latency: 180 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 500 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 467 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Generating high-volume marketing copy variants and A/B test assets with cost-efficientlow-latency models.

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Claude Haiku 4.6 Anthropic

$0.006563 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Total Cost
⚡ 50% Cached 📊 Batch API
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.009375 Input: $0.006250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Output: $0.003125
Optimized Cost $0.006563 (rounded ~ $0.01) Input: $0.006250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Output: $0.003125
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.002813 30.0% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 100,000 input tokens and 10,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.006250 (rounded ~ $0.01)
  • Output Cost: $0.003125
  • Total Cost: $0.006563 (rounded ~ $0.01)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000060
  • Tokens per dollar: 16,761,905 tokens
  • Context Window: 200000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 850 tokens per second and 75ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 2 minutes, 18.65 seconds
  • Latency: 75 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 850 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 794 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Generating high-volume marketing copy variants and A/B test assets with cost-efficientlow-latency models.

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Input Tokens: 100,000
Output Tokens: 10,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 50%
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs GPT-5.4 mini vs Claude Haiku 4.6
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.002125 Best Value ↓ 90.1% cheaper ↓ 67.6% cheaper
🥈 Devstral Small 2
Mistral AI
 $0.002125 ↓ 90.1% cheaper ↓ 67.6% cheaper
🥉 Nemotron 3 Super
NVIDIA
 $0.006175 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 71.4% cheaper ↓ 5.9% cheaper
#4 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.007188 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 66.7% cheaper ↑ 9.5% more
#5 Devstral 2
Mistral AI
 $0.007750 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 64.1% cheaper ↑ 18.1% more
#6 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google
 $0.010375 ↓ 51.9% cheaper ↑ 58.1% more
#7 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
 $0.010375 ↓ 51.9% cheaper ↑ 58.1% more
#8 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.010625 ↓ 50.7% cheaper ↑ 61.9% more
#9 Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google
 $0.019688 ↓ 8.7% cheaper ↑ 200% more
#10 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.023750 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↑ 10.1% more ↑ 261.9% more
#11 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $0.026125 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↑ 21.2% more ↑ 298.1% more
#12 Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
 $0.026250 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↑ 21.7% more ↑ 300% more
#13 Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google
 $0.028750 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↑ 33.3% more ↑ 338.1% more
#14 GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI
 $0.028750 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↑ 33.3% more ↑ 338.1% more
#15 Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google
 $0.039375 ↑ 82.6% more ↑ 500% more
#16 Magistral Medium
Mistral AI
 $0.040000 ↑ 85.5% more ↑ 509.5% more
#17 Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
 $0.043125 (rounded ~ $0.04) ↑ 100% more ↑ 557.1% more
#18 Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic
 $0.052500 (rounded ~ $0.05) ↑ 143.5% more ↑ 700% more
#19 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $0.059063 ↑ 173.9% more ↑ 800% more
#20 GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.059063 ↑ 173.9% more ↑ 800% more
#21 GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI
 $0.071875 (rounded ~ $0.07) ↑ 233.3% more ↑ 995.2% more
#22 Grok 4.3
xAI
 $0.075000 (rounded ~ $0.08) ↑ 247.8% more ↑ 1042.9% more
#23 Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI
 $0.075000 (rounded ~ $0.08) ↑ 247.8% more ↑ 1042.9% more
#24 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.078750 (rounded ~ $0.08) ↑ 265.2% more ↑ 1100% more
#25 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
 $0.084375 (rounded ~ $0.08) ↑ 291.3% more ↑ 1185.7% more
#26 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $0.115000 (rounded ~ $0.12) ↑ 433.3% more ↑ 1652.4% more
#27 Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
 $0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 508.7% more ↑ 1900% more
#28 Claude Opus 5
Anthropic
 $0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 508.7% more ↑ 1900% more
#29 Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
 $0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 508.7% more ↑ 1900% more
#30 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 508.7% more ↑ 1900% more
#31 GPT-5.4
OpenAI
 $0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14) ↑ 566.7% more ↑ 2090.5% more
#32 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14) ↑ 566.7% more ↑ 2090.5% more
#33 GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14) ↑ 566.7% more ↑ 2090.5% more
#34 GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
 $0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14) ↑ 566.7% more ↑ 2090.5% more
#35 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.237500 (rounded ~ $0.24) ↑ 1001.4% more ↑ 3519% more
#36 Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
 $0.253125 (rounded ~ $0.25) ↑ 1073.9% more ↑ 3757.1% more
#37 Claude Mythos 5.1
Anthropic
 $0.253125 (rounded ~ $0.25) ↑ 1073.9% more ↑ 3757.1% more
#38 Claude Fable 5
Anthropic
 $0.262500 (rounded ~ $0.26) ↑ 1117.4% more ↑ 3900% more
#39 Claude Mythos 5
Anthropic
 $0.262500 (rounded ~ $0.26) ↑ 1117.4% more ↑ 3900% more
#40 GPT-5.5
OpenAI
 $0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29) ↑ 1233.3% more ↑ 4281% more
#41 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.475000 (rounded ~ $0.48) ↑ 2102.9% more ↑ 7138.1% more
#42 GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
 $0.525000 (rounded ~ $0.53) ↑ 2334.8% more ↑ 7900% more
#43 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.708750 (rounded ~ $0.71) ↑ 3187% more ↑ 10700% more
#44 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.708750 (rounded ~ $0.71) ↑ 3187% more ↑ 10700% more
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.002125
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 90.1%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↓ 67.6%
🥈

Devstral Small 2
Mistral AI

$0.002125
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 90.1%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↓ 67.6%
🥉

Nemotron 3 Super
NVIDIA

$0.006175 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 71.4%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↓ 5.9%
#4

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.007188 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 66.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 9.5%
#5

Devstral 2
Mistral AI

$0.007750 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 64.1%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 18.1%
#6

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google

$0.010375
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 51.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 58.1%
#7

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

$0.010375
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 51.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 58.1%
#8

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.010625
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 50.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 61.9%
#9

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google

$0.019688
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↓ 8.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 200%
#10

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.023750 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 10.1%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 261.9%
#11

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.026125 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 21.2%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 298.1%
#12

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

$0.026250 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 21.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 300%
#13

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

$0.028750 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 33.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 338.1%
#14

GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI

$0.028750 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 33.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 338.1%
#15

Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google

$0.039375
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 82.6%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 500%
#16

Magistral Medium
Mistral AI

$0.040000
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 85.5%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 509.5%
#17

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

$0.043125 (rounded ~ $0.04)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 100%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 557.1%
#18

Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic

$0.052500 (rounded ~ $0.05)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 143.5%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 700%
#19

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.059063
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 173.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 800%
#20

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

$0.059063
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 173.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 800%
#21

GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI

$0.071875 (rounded ~ $0.07)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 233.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 995.2%
#22

Grok 4.3
xAI

$0.075000 (rounded ~ $0.08)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 247.8%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1042.9%
#23

Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

$0.075000 (rounded ~ $0.08)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 247.8%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1042.9%
#24

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.078750 (rounded ~ $0.08)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 265.2%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1100%
#25

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$0.084375 (rounded ~ $0.08)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 291.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1185.7%
#26

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.115000 (rounded ~ $0.12)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 433.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1652.4%
#27

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

$0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 508.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
#28

Claude Opus 5
Anthropic

$0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 508.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
#29

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

$0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 508.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
#30

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.131250 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 508.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 1900%
#31

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

$0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 566.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 2090.5%
#32

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 566.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 2090.5%
#33

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

$0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 566.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 2090.5%
#34

GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI

$0.143750 (rounded ~ $0.14)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 566.7%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 2090.5%
#35

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.237500 (rounded ~ $0.24)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1001.4%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3519%
#36

Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic

$0.253125 (rounded ~ $0.25)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1073.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3757.1%
#37

Claude Mythos 5.1
Anthropic

$0.253125 (rounded ~ $0.25)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1073.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3757.1%
#38

Claude Fable 5
Anthropic

$0.262500 (rounded ~ $0.26)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1117.4%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3900%
#39

Claude Mythos 5
Anthropic

$0.262500 (rounded ~ $0.26)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1117.4%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 3900%
#40

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

$0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 1233.3%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 4281%
#41

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.475000 (rounded ~ $0.48)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 2102.9%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 7138.1%
#42

GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI

$0.525000 (rounded ~ $0.53)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 2334.8%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 7900%
#43

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.708750 (rounded ~ $0.71)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 3187%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 10700%
#44

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.708750 (rounded ~ $0.71)
vs GPT-5.4 mini: ↑ 3187%
vs Claude Haiku 4.6: ↑ 10700%
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Marketing teams today face a unique challenge: the need to scale experimentation without ballooning operational costs. A/B testing is no longer just about changing a button color; it is about testing hundreds of copy variations across landing pages, ad creatives, and email sequences. When your pipeline requires generating 20 variations for every single campaign, the cost of inference becomes the most significant line item in your experimentation budget.

For high-throughput copywriting tasks, you need models that prioritize speed, structural adherence, and instruction following over general-purpose reasoning. Both GPT-5.4 mini and Claude Haiku 4.6 are designed specifically for this high-volume, low-latency environment. These models excel at maintaining brand voice across dozens of iterations while keeping latency low enough for real-time marketing dashboards.

Choosing between them often comes down to the specific orchestration architecture of your team. Claude Haiku 4.6 typically offers a distinct advantage in throughput consistency, making it a favorite for asynchronous batch processing where speed is the primary metric. GPT-5.4 mini, conversely, often demonstrates slightly higher capability in complex prompt adherence, which is beneficial if your A/B test variations need to follow strict formatting rules or include specific SEO keywords. For most marketing teams, the decision hinges on whether your existing tech stack is optimized for OpenAI’s ecosystem or Anthropic’s API implementation. Both models effectively turn a labor-intensive manual bottleneck into a scalable, automated laboratory for continuous conversion optimization.

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