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Claude 3 Haiku vs Claude Opus 4
Claude 3 Haiku vs Claude Opus 4: side-by-side benchmarks, pricing, context windows, coding ability and deployment. Pick the right model for your stack.
Overview
Claude 3 Haiku: Claude 3 Haiku is the speed-and-cost tier of Anthropic's original Claude 3 family, built for high-volume work such as customer support, document triage and many small tasks in parallel, with image input across a 200,000-token context window. Anthropic measured it at 21,000 tokens per second for prompts under 32,000 tokens. The claude-3-haiku-20240307 snapshot was deprecated on 19 February 2026 and retired on Anthropic-operated platforms on 20 April 2026, with Claude Haiku 4.5 as the replacement.
Claude Opus 4: Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic's May 2025 hybrid-reasoning model for complex coding, reasoning, multimodal analysis, and long-running agent workflows. The dated claude-opus-4-20250514 snapshot was retired on Anthropic-operated platforms on June 15, 2026 and is retained as a historical evaluation and migration reference.
Context window: Claude 3 Haiku accepts up to 200,000 tokens, Claude Opus 4 up to 200,000. Confirm the limit for your specific deployment channel before relying on it.
Claude 3 Haiku vs Claude Opus 4 at a glance
| Attribute | Claude 3 Haiku | Claude Opus 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Released | 2024-03-13 | 2025-05-22 |
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.25/M tokens | $15/M tokens |
| Output price | $1.25/M tokens | $75/M tokens |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Self-hostable | No, hosted only | No, hosted only |
| Modalities | text, vision | text, vision |
Benchmarks reported for both
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Claude Opus 4 | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (accuracy) | 33.3 | 79.6 | 2024-03-04 / 2025-05-22 |
Each row compares the same benchmark, the same reported metric, and the same task set. Scores are as published by their cited sources on the dates shown. Different runs still use different harnesses and prompts, so treat these as directional evidence rather than a head-to-head result.
Where they differ most
- Reasoning: Claude 3 Haiku 12%, Claude Opus 4 79%. Claude Opus 4 leads on this dimension.
Capability scores are ModelRefs' own derived signals, not vendor claims or benchmark results. Validate against your own workload before relying on them.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Claude Opus 4?
Claude 3 Haiku and Claude Opus 4 target different workloads — see the benchmark and pricing tables for a side-by-side answer.
Is Claude 3 Haiku cheaper than Claude Opus 4?
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