Claude 3 Haiku vs Grok-3 Mini Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and Grok-3 Mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Grok-3 Mini is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Grok-3 Mini costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 1.2x cheaper than Grok-3 Mini ($0.30/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than Grok-3 Mini ($0.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Grok-3 Mini.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$1.25
Best providerAnthropic
xAI
Grok-3 Mini
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$0.50
Best providerxAI
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Grok-3 Mini's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Grok-3 Mini is limited to 8,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
xAI
Grok-3 Mini
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and Grok-3 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

Grok-3 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

Grok-3 Mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Grok-3 Mini was released on 2025-02-17.

Grok-3 Mini is 11 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Grok-3 Mini

Feb 17, 2025

1.1 years ago

11mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Grok-3 Mini's training data extends to 2024-11-17, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

Grok-3 Mini

Nov 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Grok-3 Mini is available from xAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.

Claude 3 Haiku

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M

Grok-3 Mini

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xAI
Input Price:Input: $0.30/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.50/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Higher GPQA score (84.0% vs 33.3%)
AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku
xAIGrok-3 Mini

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
xAI
Grok-3 Mini