Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4
Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is 23.4x cheaper per token.
Anthropic · OpenAI · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 5 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM), while GPT-4 is better at 0 benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
On price, Claude 3.5 Haiku is roughly 23.4x 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 benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks
- cost matters — it's about 23.4x cheaper per token
- 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-4
- you want predictable pricing at $30.00/M input and $60.00/M output
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude 3.5 Haiku outperforms in 5 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM), while GPT-4 is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Haiku significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($0.80/1M tokens) is 37.5x cheaper than GPT-4 ($30.00/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude 3.5 Haiku ($4.00/1M tokens) is 15.0x cheaper than GPT-4 ($60.00/1M tokens).
In conclusion, GPT-4 is more expensive than Claude 3.5 Haiku.*
* 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-4's 32,768 tokens. Claude 3.5 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GPT-4 is limited to 32,768 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
GPT-4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Claude 3.5 Haiku does not.
GPT-4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude 3.5 Haiku
GPT-4
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-4 was released on 2023-06-13.
Claude 3.5 Haiku is 17 months newer than GPT-4.
Oct 22, 2024
1.8 years ago
1.4yr newerJun 13, 2023
3.2 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2022-12-31, while Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-4's training data extends to 2022-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Haiku's cutoff date.
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Dec 2022
Provider Availability
Claude 3.5 Haiku is available from Bedrock, Google, Anthropic. GPT-4 is available from Azure, OpenAI.
Claude 3.5 Haiku
GPT-4
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4.