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Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 3 1B

Claude 3 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score -1.2 to -10.3.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku leads the overall LLM Stats Score -1.2 to -10.3, ranking #318 overall.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3 Haiku wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • overall performance matters — it scores -1.2 and ranks #318 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 5 exact shared results

Choose Gemma 3 1B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
Gemma 3 1B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.2
#318
-10.3
#350
Reasoning
-1.3
#311
-11.9
#344
Coding
0.7
#225
-10.1
#250
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
4 of 5
1 of 5
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3 Haiku
Gemma 3 1B
Math
4.7#272
-8.8#314
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Claude 3 Haiku · 18 for Gemma 3 1B

5 shared

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 4 benchmarks (BIG-Bench Hard, GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval), while Gemma 3 1B is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 3 1B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 3 1B does not.

Claude 3 Haiku can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 3 1B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3 1B uses Gemma.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Gemma 3 1B was released on 2025-03-12.

Gemma 3 1B is 12 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

Gemma 3 1B

Mar 12, 2025

1.5 years ago

12mo 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 1B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
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Gemma 3 1B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Gemma 3 1B.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Gemma 3 1B?

Claude 3 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score -1.2 to -10.3. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Gemma 3 1B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3 Haiku compare to Gemma 3 1B in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Gemma 3 1B scores IFEval: 80.2%, GSM8k: 62.8%, Natural2Code: 56.0%, MATH: 48.0%, HumanEval: 41.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 1B?

Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Gemma 3 1B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 1B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.2 vs -10.3), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 1B?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 3 1B is developed by Google.

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