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Claude 3 Haiku vs Qwen3.8-27B

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8-27B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA). Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output

Choose Qwen3.8-27B

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
Qwen3.8-27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—
Released
Mar 2024
Aug 2026
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8-27B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-27B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen3.8-27B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8-27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.8-27B 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

Qwen3.8-27B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while Qwen3.8-27B was released on 2026-08-14.

Qwen3.8-27B is 29 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.4 years ago

Qwen3.8-27B

Aug 14, 2026

1 weeks ago

2.4yr 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen3.8-27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8-27B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs Qwen3.8-27B.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Haiku is made by Anthropic and Qwen3.8-27B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Claude 3 Haiku compare to Qwen3.8-27B in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. Qwen3.8-27B scores MathVision: 94.6%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.1%, LiveCodeBench v6: 90.3%, CharXiv-R: 90.2%, GPQA: 89.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen3.8-27B?

Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and Qwen3.8-27B supports an unknown number of 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 Qwen3.8-27B?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and Qwen3.8-27B?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and Qwen3.8-27B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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