Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-3.5 Turbo
Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the LLM Stats Score 5.3 to -9.3. GPT-3.5 Turbo is 2.1x cheaper per token.
Anthropic · OpenAI · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Haiku leads the overall LLM Stats Score 5.3 to -9.3, ranking #287 overall.
In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Haiku wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
On price, GPT-3.5 Turbo is roughly 2.1x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.
Claude 3.5 Haiku also accepts a larger context window (200,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
- overall performance matters — it scores 5.3 and ranks #287 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
- you process long inputs — it offers a 200,000 token context window
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024
Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo
- cost matters — it's about 2.1x cheaper per token
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
9 reported for Claude 3.5 Haiku · 8 for GPT-3.5 Turbo
Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 5 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM), while GPT-3.5 Turbo is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 1.6x more expensive than GPT-3.5 Turbo ($0.50/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 2.7x more expensive than GPT-3.5 Turbo ($1.50/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Haiku is more expensive than GPT-3.5 Turbo.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo's 16,385 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GPT-3.5 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.
Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.
Proprietary
Closed source
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released on 2024-10-22, while GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is 19 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Oct 22, 2024
1.9 years ago
1.6yr newerMar 21, 2023
3.5 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-3.5 Turbo's training data extends to 2021-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date.
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Sep 2021
Provider Availability
Claude 3.5 Haiku is available from Bedrock, Google, Anthropic. GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI.
Claude 3.5 Haiku
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-3.5 Turbo side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-3.5 Turbo.