Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Grok-3

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is 3.8x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Grok-3 is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Claude 3.5 Haiku costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 3.8x cheaper than Grok-3 ($3.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 3.8x cheaper than Grok-3 ($15.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Grok-3 is more expensive than Claude 3.5 Haiku.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

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-3
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerxAI
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Grok-3's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Grok-3 is limited to 8,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
xAI
Grok-3
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-3 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.

Grok-3 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-3

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-3

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Grok-3 was released on 2025-02-17.

Grok-3 is 4 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

Grok-3

Feb 17, 2025

1.1 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Grok-3's training data extends to 2024-11-17, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

—

Grok-3

Nov 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Haiku is available from Bedrock, Google, Anthropic. Grok-3 is available from xAI.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.80/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $0.80/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M
anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M

Grok-3

xai logo
xAI
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (84.6% vs 41.6%)
AnthropicClaude 3.5 Haiku
xAIGrok-3
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Detailed Comparison

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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
xAI
Grok-3

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Grok-3

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Grok-3 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-3 scores AIME 2024: 93.3%, AIME 2025: 93.3%, GPQA: 84.6%, LiveCodeBench: 79.4%, MMMU: 78.0%.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is 3.8x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku costs $0.80/M input and $4.00/M output via bedrock. Grok-3 costs $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output via xai.
Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Grok-3 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($0.80 vs $3.00/M), 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-3 is developed by xAI.