Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Claude Haiku 3.5 comes out ahead, 49 to 43 and 41 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
49/100- ECI127.2
- Price—
- Context200K
MetaLlama-3.3-70B-Instruct
41/100- ECI127.3
- Price$0.59 / $0.724
- Context128K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
43/100- ECI129.0
- Price$1.40 / $5.60
- Context131K
Claude Haiku 3.5 is our pick
Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (43) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (41). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.
- CapabilityQwen2.5 72B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 129.0 · 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 72B Instruct $2.45 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Claude Haiku 3.5 unpriced
- Longest contextClaude Haiku 3.5Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · Qwen2.5 72B 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 72B Instruct: Text
- Self-hostingLlama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Qwen2.5 72B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Claude Haiku 3.5 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 67% | 49 | 49 | 52 |
| Inputs & features | 20% | 60 | 25 | 25 |
| Context window | 13% | 32 | 24 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 49/100 | 41/100 | 43/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic | Llama-3.3-70B-InstructMeta | Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 127.2 | 127.3 | 129.0 (best) |
| ECI rank | #134 of 148 | #133 of 148 | #128 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 38.1% | 47.4% | 49.2% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 4.3% | 5.1% | 8.1% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | $0.59 (best) | $1.40 |
| Output | — | $0.724 (best) | $5.60 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $0.624 (best) | $2.45 |
| Long-context rate | — | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Median of 21 providers | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens (best) | 4,096 tokens | 8,192 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Open |
| API model ID | — | llama-3.3-70b-instruct | qwen2-5-72b-instruct |
| API providers | — | 24 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Oct 22, 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jul 31, 2024 | Dec 2023 | Apr 2024 |
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 72B Instruct$25.20
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Haiku 3.5, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Claude Haiku 3.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 49/100 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (43) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (41). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 72B 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 72B 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 72B Instruct costs $1.40 input / $5.60 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 $2.45 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (3.9× as much). Claude Haiku 3.5 has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 129.0 (#128 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 (123.8–130.7 vs 122.5–129.5), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 49.2%, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 47.4%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 8.1%, 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 72B Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen2.5 72B 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 72B 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 72B 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 72B 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 72B 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 72B Instruct came out Sep 19, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Dec 2023, Qwen2.5 72B 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.
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