Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Grok-2 mini

Grok-2 mini shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 1 benchmarks (HumanEval), while Grok-2 mini is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU-Pro).

Grok-2 mini shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input tokens$0.80
Output tokens$4.00
Best providerAWS Bedrock
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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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
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-2 mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.

Grok-2 mini 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

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is 2 months newer than Grok-2 mini.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

2mo newer
Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher HumanEval score (88.1% vs 85.7%)
xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (51.0% vs 41.6%)
Higher MATH score (73.0% vs 69.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (72.0% vs 65.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
xAI
Grok-2 mini

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Grok-2 mini

Grok-2 mini shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is made by xAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3.5 Haiku scores HumanEval: 88.1%, MGSM: 85.6%, DROP: 83.1%, MATH: 69.4%, MMLU-Pro: 65.0%. Grok-2 mini scores DocVQA: 93.2%, MMLU: 86.2%, HumanEval: 85.7%, MATH: 73.0%, MMLU-Pro: 72.0%.
Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Grok-2 mini supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI.