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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Granite 3.3 8B Base

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score 5.8 to 0.1.

Anthropic · IBM · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the overall LLM Stats Score 5.8 to 0.1, ranking #276 overall.

The models split the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku

  • overall performance matters — it scores 5.8 and ranks #276 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

Choose Granite 3.3 8B Base

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
5.8
#276
0.1
#307
Reasoning
6.0
#274
-0.1
#302
Coding
4.6
#191
11.2
#144
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 2
1 of 2
Input price
$0.80 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Math
10.9#234
-0.4#283
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 20 for Granite 3.3 8B Base

2 shared

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 1 benchmarks (DROP), while Granite 3.3 8B Base is better at 1 benchmark (HumanEval).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.

Granite 3.3 8B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Granite 3.3 8B Base uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Granite 3.3 8B Base was released on 2025-04-16.

Granite 3.3 8B Base is 6 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.9 years ago

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Granite 3.3 8B Base's training data extends to 2024-04-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

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Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.3 8B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.5 Haiku
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Granite 3.3 8B Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score 5.8 to 0.1. Claude 3.5 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Granite 3.3 8B Base is made by IBM. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.5 Haiku compare to Granite 3.3 8B Base in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Haiku scores HumanEval: 88.1%, MGSM: 85.6%, DROP: 83.1%, MATH: 69.4%, MMLU-Pro: 65.0%. Granite 3.3 8B Base scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, HellaSwag: 80.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Granite 3.3 8B Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (5.8 vs 0.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude 3.5 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Granite 3.3 8B Base is developed by IBM.

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