Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 3.5 vs DeepSeek-V3
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct comes out ahead, 57 to 49 and 46 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
MetaLlama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct
57/100- ECI132.3
- Price$0.245 / $0.838
- Context1M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
46/100- ECI127.0
- Price$0.80 / $4.00
- Context200K
DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3
49/100- ECI132.3
- Price$0.32 / $1.10
- Context131K
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct is our pick
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 57/100 against DeepSeek-V3 (49) and Claude Haiku 3.5 (46). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 3.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityLlama 4 Maverick 17B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct 132.3 · DeepSeek-V3 132.3 · Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0
- Lowest priceLlama 4 Maverick 17B InstructLlama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct $0.393 · DeepSeek-V3 $0.515 · Claude Haiku 3.5 $1.60 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextLlama 4 Maverick 17B InstructLlama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct 1,000,000 · Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 · DeepSeek-V3 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3.5Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct: Text, Images · Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs · DeepSeek-V3: Text
- Self-hostingLlama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct and DeepSeek-V3Publishes downloadable weights (DeepSeek Model License)
| Measure | Weight | Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct | Claude Haiku 3.5 | DeepSeek-V3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 55 | 48 | 55 |
| Price | 25% | 66 | 38 | 61 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 50 | 60 | 25 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 32 | 25 |
| Overall | 100% | 57/100 | 46/100 | 49/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Llama 4 Maverick 17B InstructMeta | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic | DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 132.3 (best) | 127.0 | 132.3 |
| ECI rank | #135 of 165 (best) | #147 of 165 | #136 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 67.0% (best) | 38.1% | 56.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 20.6% (best) | 4.3% | 15.8% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.245 (best) | $0.80 | $0.32 |
| Output | $0.838 (best) | $4.00 | $1.10 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.393 (best) | $1.60 | $0.515 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 16 providers | Median of 3 providers | Median of 8 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | Yes | 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 | Open | Proprietary | OpenDeepSeek Model License |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 16 (best) | 4 | 8 |
| Released | Apr 5, 2025 | Oct 22, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct$4.13
- Claude Haiku 3.5$16.00
- DeepSeek-V3$5.40
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct, Claude Haiku 3.5 or DeepSeek-V3?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 57/100 against DeepSeek-V3 (49) and Claude Haiku 3.5 (46). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 3.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct, Claude Haiku 3.5 or DeepSeek-V3?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct is cheaper at $0.245 input / $0.838 output per million tokens (median across 16 API providers). DeepSeek-V3 costs $0.32 input / $1.10 output per million tokens (median across 8 API providers); Claude Haiku 3.5 costs $0.80 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.393 per million tokens for Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct versus $0.515 for DeepSeek-V3 (1.3× as much) and $1.60 for Claude Haiku 3.5 (4.1× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct 132.3 (#135 of 165), DeepSeek-V3 132.3 (#136 of 165) and Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0 (#147 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (128.6–134.2 vs 127.5–135.5), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct 67.0%, DeepSeek-V3 56.5%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct 20.6%, DeepSeek-V3 15.8%, Claude Haiku 3.5 4.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct, Claude Haiku 3.5 and DeepSeek-V3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Llama 4 Maverick 17B 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?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 3.5 and 131,072 for DeepSeek-V3. Maximum output per response: Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct up to 16,384, Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192, DeepSeek-V3 up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct accepts text and images; Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; DeepSeek-V3 accepts text. Claude Haiku 3.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct and DeepSeek-V3 publishes its weights (DeepSeek Model License) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct is the newest, released Apr 5, 2025. DeepSeek-V3 came out Dec 26, 2024; Claude Haiku 3.5 came out Oct 22, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct Aug 2024, Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 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 Nov 2, 2026.
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