Model Comparison

Claude 3 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 5.7x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH).

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 3.6x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 8.9x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B 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
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small 3 24B 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

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 11 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.1 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Haiku

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI.

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

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.07/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.14/1M
mistral logo
Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (45.3% vs 33.3%)
Higher HumanEval score (84.8% vs 75.9%)
Higher MATH score (70.6% vs 38.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 3.6x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output via anthropic. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs $0.07/M input and $0.14/M output via deepinfra.
Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 32K), input pricing ($0.25 vs $0.07/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.