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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Claude Haiku 3.5 comes out ahead, 49 to 42 and 41 on our weighted score.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 3.5

    Released Oct 22, 2024

    49/100
    • ECI127.2
    • Price—
    • Context200K
  2. Meta

    Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

    Released Dec 6, 2024

    41/100
    • ECI127.3
    • Price$0.59 / $0.724
    • Context128K
  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

    Released Sep 17, 2024

    42/100
    • ECI128.5
    • Price$0.70 / $2.80
    • Context131K
01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 3.5 is our pick

Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (42) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (41). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

  • CapabilityQwen2.5 32B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 127.3 · Claude Haiku 3.5 127.2
  • Lowest priceLlama-3.3-70B-InstructLlama-3.3-70B-Instruct $0.624 · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct $1.23 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Claude Haiku 3.5 unpriced
  • Longest contextClaude Haiku 3.5Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 131,072 · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3.5Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: Text · Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: Text
  • Self-hostingLlama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 3.5Llama-3.3-70B-InstructQwen2.5 32B Instruct
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)67%494951
Inputs & features20%602525
Context window13%322424
Overall100%49/10041/10042/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 3.5AnthropicLlama-3.3-70B-InstructMetaQwen2.5 32B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)127.2127.3128.5 (best)
ECI rank#134 of 148#133 of 148#131 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions38.1%47.4% (best)46.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics4.3%5.1%7.4% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input—$0.59 (best)$0.70
Output—$0.724 (best)$2.80
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)—$0.624 (best)$1.23
Long-context rate—Same rateSame rate
Price source—Median of 21 providersOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)128,000 tokens131,072 tokens
Max output8,192 tokens (best)4,096 tokens8,192 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoNoNo
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpen
API model ID—llama-3.3-70b-instructqwen2-5-32b-instruct
API providers—24 (best)1
ReleasedOct 22, 2024Dec 6, 2024Sep 17, 2024
Knowledge cutoffJul 31, 2024Dec 2023Apr 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Claude Haiku 3.5—
  • Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct$7.35
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct$12.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 3.5, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (42) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (41). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 3.5, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper at $0.59 input / $0.724 output per million tokens (median across 21 API providers; free on Llama). Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.624 per million tokens for Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct versus $1.23 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (2× as much). Claude Haiku 3.5 has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 128.5 (#131 of 148), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 127.3 (#133 of 148) and Claude Haiku 3.5 127.2 (#134 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (123.5–130.0 vs 122.5–129.5), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 47.4%, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 46.1%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 7.4%, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 5.1%, Claude Haiku 3.5 4.3%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 3.5, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 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 3.5 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and 128,000 for Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct up to 4,096, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct up to 8,192 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct accepts text; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts text. Claude Haiku 3.5 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is the newest, released Dec 6, 2024. Claude Haiku 3.5 came out Oct 22, 2024; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct came out Sep 17, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Dec 2023, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Apr 2024.

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.