Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH).

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 3.6x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 4.2x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Haiku

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.25

Best providerAnthropic

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

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Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Claude 3 Haiku's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is 0 month newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.0 years ago

2d newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

—

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.