Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 6 benchmarks (ARC-C, GPQA, GSM8k, HellaSwag, MGSM, MMLU), while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 25.0x more expensive than Llama 3.2 3B Instruct ($0.01/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 62.5x more expensive than Llama 3.2 3B Instruct ($0.02/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Llama 3.2 3B Instruct.*

* 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
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Input tokens$0.01
Output tokens$0.02
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 3.2 3B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.2 3B 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 3.2 3B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct uses Llama 3.2 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 3.2 3B Instruct

Llama 3.2 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Llama 3.2 3B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 7 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.5 years ago

6mo 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

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is available from DeepInfra. 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

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

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Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.01/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.02/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher ARC-C score (89.2% vs 78.6%)
Higher GPQA score (33.3% vs 32.8%)
Higher GSM8k score (88.9% vs 77.7%)
Higher HellaSwag score (85.9% vs 69.8%)
Higher MGSM score (75.1% vs 58.2%)
Higher MMLU score (75.2% vs 63.4%)
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher MATH score (48.0% vs 38.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct