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Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct are closely matched at -1.5 and -2.6 on the LLM Stats Score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 22.2x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -1.5 and -2.6.

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

On price, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is roughly 22.2x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude 3 Haiku also accepts a larger context window (200,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

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

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 200,000 token context window

Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

  • cost matters — it's about 22.2x cheaper per token
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2024
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-1.5
#335
-2.6
#339
Reasoning
-1.5
#328
-3.6
#337
Coding
0.6
#239
-2.3
#249
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
5 of 5
0 of 5
Input price
$0.25 / M
$0.02 / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
200,000
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude 3 Haiku
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Math
4.3#283
-2.5#311
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Claude 3 Haiku · 18 for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

5 shared

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 12.5x more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct ($0.02/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 41.7x more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct ($0.03/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$1.25
Best providerAnthropic
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.02
Output tokens$0.03
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is limited to 131,072 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Thu Sep 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 8B Instruct 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

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 4 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

—

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Lambda, Groq, Sambanova, Cerebras, Hyperbolic, Together, Fireworks, Bedrock.

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

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.02/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.04/1M
lambda logo
Lambda
Input Price:Input: $0.03/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.03/1M
groq logo
Groq
Input Price:Input: $0.05/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.08/1M
sambanova logo
Sambanova
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M
cerebras logo
Cerebras
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
hyperbolic logo
Hyperbolic
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
together logo
Together
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M
fireworks logo
Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.22/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.22/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -1.5 and -2.6. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is made by Meta. 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 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct scores GSM-8K (CoT): 84.5%, ARC-C: 83.4%, API-Bank: 82.6%, IFEval: 80.4%, BFCL: 76.1%.

Is Claude 3 Haiku cheaper than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 12.5x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output via anthropic. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.02/M input and $0.03/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports 131K 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 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-1.5 vs -2.6), context window (200K vs 131K), input pricing ($0.25 vs $0.02/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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