Claude 3 Haiku vs o4-mini Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and o4-mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while o4-mini is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Claude 3 Haiku costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 4.4x cheaper than o4-mini ($1.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 3.5x cheaper than o4-mini ($4.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, o4-mini is more expensive than Claude 3 Haiku.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Haiku

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.25

Best providerAnthropic

o4-mini

Input tokens$1.10

Output tokens$4.40

Best providerOpenAI

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Both models have the same input context window of 200,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while o4-mini is limited to 100,000 tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

o4-mini

Input200,000 tokens

Output100,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and o4-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

o4-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

o4-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while o4-mini was released on 2025-04-16.

o4-mini is 13 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

o4-mini

Apr 16, 2025

11 months ago

1.1yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

o4-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while Claude 3 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm o4-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

—

o4-mini

May 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. o4-mini is available from OpenAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.