Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen3 30B A3B Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Haiku and Qwen3 30B A3B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 30B A3B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Qwen3 30B A3B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 8.0x more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 13.3x more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Haiku is more expensive than Qwen3 30B A3B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Haiku

Input tokens$0.80

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerAWS Bedrock

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerDeepinfra

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3 30B A3B's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Qwen3 30B A3B is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3 30B A3B 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

Qwen3 30B A3B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while Qwen3 30B A3B was released on 2025-04-29.

Qwen3 30B A3B is 6 months newer than Claude 3.5 Haiku.

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

Qwen3 30B A3B

Apr 29, 2025

10 months ago

6mo newer

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

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Haiku is available from Bedrock, Google, Anthropic. Qwen3 30B A3B is available from DeepInfra, Novita, Fireworks. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.