Model Comparison

Claude 3 Haiku vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is 5.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

9 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 8 benchmarks (ARC-C, BIG-Bench Hard, GPQA, GSM8k, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MGSM, MMLU), while Phi-3.5-mini-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

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 12.5x more expensive than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than Phi-3.5-mini-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
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerAzure
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Phi-3.5-mini-instruct's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-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 Phi-3.5-mini-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

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct uses MIT.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is 5 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.1 years ago

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

5mo 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. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is available from Azure.

Claude 3 Haiku

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.25/1M

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

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Azure
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher ARC-C score (89.2% vs 84.6%)
Higher BIG-Bench Hard score (73.7% vs 69.0%)
Higher GPQA score (33.3% vs 30.4%)
Higher GSM8k score (88.9% vs 86.2%)
Higher HellaSwag score (85.9% vs 69.4%)
Higher HumanEval score (75.9% vs 62.8%)
Higher MGSM score (75.1% vs 47.9%)
Higher MMLU score (75.2% vs 69.0%)
Microsoft
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher MATH score (48.5% vs 38.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Claude 3 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is made by Microsoft. 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%. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct scores GSM8k: 86.2%, ARC-C: 84.6%, RULER: 84.1%, PIQA: 81.0%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%.
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is 2.5x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output via anthropic. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct costs $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output via azure.
Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($0.25 vs $0.10/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is developed by Microsoft.