GPT-4o mini vs Claude Haiku 3 vs Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct
GPT-4o mini comes out ahead, 56 to 47 and 44 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
OpenAIGPT-4o mini
56/100- ECI126.6
- Price$0.15 / $0.60
- Context128K
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3
47/100- ECI118.4
- Price$0.25 / $1.25
- Context200K
MetaLlama-3.1-70B-Instruct
44/100- ECI125.9
- Price$0.72 / $0.72
- Context128K
GPT-4o mini is our pick
GPT-4o mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Claude Haiku 3 (47) and Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (44). It leads on price and inputs & features. Claude Haiku 3 wins on context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGPT-4o miniCapabilities Index (ECI): GPT-4o mini 126.6 · Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 125.9 · Claude Haiku 3 118.4
- Lowest priceGPT-4o miniGPT-4o mini $0.263 · Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 · Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct $0.72 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · GPT-4o mini 128,000 · Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGPT-4o mini and Claude Haiku 3GPT-4o mini: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct: Text
- Self-hostingLlama-3.1-70B-InstructPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | GPT-4o mini | Claude Haiku 3 | Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 49 | 38 | 48 |
| Price | 25% | 77 | 64 | 57 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 60 | 25 |
| Context window | 10% | 24 | 32 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 56/100 | 47/100 | 44/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-4o miniOpenAI | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | Llama-3.1-70B-InstructMeta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 126.6 (best) | 118.4 | 125.9 |
| ECI rank | #135 of 148 (best) | #143 of 148 | #136 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 37.7% | 36.3% | 44.2% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 0.7% | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 6.9% (best) | 1.8% | 3.6% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 8.3% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.15 (best) | $0.25 | $0.72 |
| Output | $0.60 (best) | $1.25 | $0.72 |
| Cached input | $0.075 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.263 (best) | $0.50 | $0.72 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Median of 2 providers | Median of 5 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens (best) | 4,096 tokens | 4,096 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | gpt-4o-mini | — | — |
| API providers | 21 (best) | 2 | 5 |
| Released | Jul 18, 2024 | Mar 13, 2024 | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Sep 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Dec 2023 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-4o mini$2.70
- Claude Haiku 3$5.00
- Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct$8.64
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-4o mini, Claude Haiku 3 or Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct?
GPT-4o mini is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Claude Haiku 3 (47) and Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (44). It leads on price and inputs & features. Claude Haiku 3 wins on context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o mini, Claude Haiku 3 or Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct?
GPT-4o mini is cheaper at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Claude Haiku 3 costs $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers); Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct costs $0.72 input / $0.72 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.263 per million tokens for GPT-4o mini versus $0.50 for Claude Haiku 3 (1.9× as much) and $0.72 for Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (2.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
GPT-4o mini scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-4o mini 126.6 (#135 of 148), Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 125.9 (#136 of 148) and Claude Haiku 3 118.4 (#143 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (120.5–128.5 vs 121.0–128.1), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 44.2%, GPT-4o mini 37.7%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-4o mini 6.9%, Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 3.6%, Claude Haiku 3 1.8%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-4o mini, Claude Haiku 3 and Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-4o mini leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Haiku 3 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 128,000 for GPT-4o mini and 128,000 for Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct. Maximum output per response: GPT-4o mini up to 16,384, Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct up to 4,096 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-4o mini accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct accepts text. GPT-4o mini handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-4o mini and Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct is the newest, released Jul 23, 2024. GPT-4o mini came out Jul 18, 2024; Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-4o mini Sep 2023, Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct Dec 2023.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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