Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-4.1 mini Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4.1 mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GPT-4.1 mini is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU).

GPT-4.1 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4.1 mini support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

GPT-4.1 mini

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

GPT-4.1 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while GPT-4.1 mini was released on 2025-04-14.

GPT-4.1 mini is 13 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

GPT-4.1 mini

Apr 14, 2025

11 months ago

1.1yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4.1 mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4.1 mini's training data extends to 2024-05-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

GPT-4.1 mini

May 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (65.0% vs 33.3%)
Higher MMLU score (87.5% vs 75.2%)
AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku
OpenAIGPT-4.1 mini

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini