Claude 3.5 Haiku is 95% cheaper than Claude 3 Opus on blended 3:1 token pricing. Claude 3.5 Haiku costs $0.80/1M in and $4.00/1M out, while Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/1M in and $75.00/1M out.
Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude 3 Opus
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between Anthropic and Anthropic.
| Metric / Feature | Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) | Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $0.80 | $15.00 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $4.00 | $75.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | $0.080/1M | $1.500/1M |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $1.600 / 1M | $30.000 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 128k | 128k |
| Multimodal Vision | ❌ Text Only | ✅ Supported |
| MMLU Benchmark | 75.2% | 86.8% |
| Throughput & Latency | Ultra-Fast (~95 t/s) | Standard (~22 t/s) |
| Best For | Real-time agents, code completion, fast document scanning | Deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis |
When to Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku if your workload requires real-time agents, code completion, fast document scanning. Ideal for teams needing Anthropic's infrastructure and ecosystem tooling.
When to Choose Claude 3 Opus
Choose Claude 3 Opus if your primary objective is deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with Anthropic.
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