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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct vs Claude Haiku 3

Claude Haiku 3 comes out ahead, 47 to 44 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Meta

    Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct

    Released Jul 23, 2024

    44/100
    • ECI125.9
    • Price$0.72 / $0.72
    • Context128K
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  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 3

    Released Mar 13, 2024

    47/100
    • ECI118.4
    • Price$0.25 / $1.25
    • Context200K
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01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 3 is our pick

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (44). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityLlama-3.1-70B-InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 125.9 · Claude Haiku 3 118.4
  • Lowest priceClaude Haiku 3Claude 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 · Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct: Text · Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingLlama-3.1-70B-InstructPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightLlama-3.1-70B-InstructClaude Haiku 3
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%4838
Price25%5764
Inputs & features15%2560
Context window10%2432
Overall100%44/10047/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct vs Claude Haiku 3 specifications side by side
SpecificationLlama-3.1-70B-InstructMetaClaude Haiku 3Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)125.9 (best)118.4
ECI rank#136 of 148 (best)#143 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions44.2% (best)36.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics3.6% (best)1.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.72$0.25 (best)
Output$0.72 (best)$1.25
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.72$0.50 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 5 providersMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window128,000 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output4,096 tokens4,096 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model ID——
API providers5 (best)2
ReleasedJul 23, 2024Mar 13, 2024
Knowledge cutoffDec 2023Aug 31, 2023
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct$8.64
  • Claude Haiku 3$5.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct or Claude Haiku 3?

Claude Haiku 3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (44). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct or Claude Haiku 3?

Claude Haiku 3 is cheaper at $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 $0.50 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 3 versus $0.72 for Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): 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 (121.0–128.1 vs 110.5–121.2), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 44.2%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — 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 Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct and Claude Haiku 3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both 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 Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct up to 4,096, Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct accepts text; Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 3 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; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct is the newest, released Jul 23, 2024. Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct Dec 2023, Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 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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