Claude 3.5 Haiku vs QvQ-72B-Preview
Claude 3.5 Haiku and QvQ-72B-Preview are closely matched at 5.2 and 7.9 on the LLM Stats Score.
Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Haiku and QvQ-72B-Preview are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 5.2 and 7.9.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
- you want predictable pricing at $0.80/M input and $4.00/M output
Choose QvQ-72B-Preview
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2024
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview
Claude 3.5 Haiku and QvQ-72B-Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
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).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
QvQ-72B-Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.
QvQ-72B-Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude 3.5 Haiku
QvQ-72B-Preview
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Qwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.
QvQ-72B-Preview is 2 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.
Oct 22, 2024
1.9 years ago
Dec 25, 2024
1.7 years ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs QvQ-72B-Preview.