Text Embedding 3 (Large) is 94% cheaper than Claude 3.5 Haiku on blended 3:1 token pricing. Text Embedding 3 (Large) costs $0.13/1M in and $0.00/1M out, while Claude 3.5 Haiku costs $0.80/1M in and $4.00/1M out.
Text Embedding 3 (Large) vs Claude 3.5 Haiku
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between OpenAI and Anthropic.
| Metric / Feature | Text Embedding 3 (Large) (OpenAI) | Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $0.13 | $0.80 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $0.00 | $4.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | Not Available | $0.080/1M |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $0.098 / 1M | $1.600 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 8k | 128k |
| Multimodal Vision | ❌ Text Only | ❌ Text Only |
| MMLU Benchmark | N/A | 75.2% |
| Throughput & Latency | Fast | Ultra-Fast (~95 t/s) |
| Best For | Dense multilingual retrieval, legal/medical knowledge bases | Real-time agents, code completion, fast document scanning |
When to Choose Text Embedding 3 (Large)
Choose Text Embedding 3 (Large) if your workload requires dense multilingual retrieval, legal/medical knowledge bases. Ideal for teams needing OpenAI's infrastructure and ecosystem tooling.
When to Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku
Choose Claude 3.5 Haiku if your primary objective is real-time agents, code completion, fast document scanning. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with Anthropic.
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