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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3 Max vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5 comes out ahead, 58 to 50 and 46 on our weighted score, though Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is 3.2× cheaper per token.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 Max

    Released Sep 23, 2025

    50/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.20 / $6.00
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 Max

  2. Meta

    Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

    Released Dec 6, 2024

    46/100
    • ECI127.3
    • Price$0.59 / $0.724
    • Context128K
    Full specs Remove Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
  3. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI142.4
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 4.5
01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 4.5 is our pick

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Qwen3 Max (50) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (46). It leads on inputs & features. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 4.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 · Qwen3 Max 142.4 · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 127.3
  • Lowest priceLlama-3.3-70B-InstructLlama-3.3-70B-Instruct $0.624 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 · Qwen3 Max $2.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 MaxQwen3 Max 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 4.5Qwen3 Max: Text · Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: Text · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingLlama-3.3-70B-InstructPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3 MaxLlama-3.3-70B-InstructClaude Haiku 4.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%684969
Price25%326036
Inputs & features15%252580
Context window10%372432
Overall100%50/10046/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

Qwen3 Max vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)Llama-3.3-70B-InstructMetaClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)142.4127.3142.4 (best)
ECI rank#91 of 148#133 of 148#90 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions72.6% (best)47.4%71.2%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics19.0%——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics73.3% (best)5.1%66.7%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions48.8% (best)—13.2%
Price per million tokens
Input$1.20$0.59 (best)$1.00
Output$6.00$0.724 (best)$5.00
Cached input——$0.10
Blended (3:1)$2.40$0.624 (best)$2.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIMedian of 21 providersOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window262,144 tokens (best)128,000 tokens200,000 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)4,096 tokens64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoNoYes
PDFsNoNoYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoNoYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenProprietary
API model IDqwen3-maxllama-3.3-70b-instructclaude-haiku-4-5
API providers162434 (best)
ReleasedSep 23, 2025Dec 6, 2024Oct 15, 2025
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025Dec 2023Feb 28, 2025
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.

  • Qwen3 Max$24.00
  • Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct$7.35
  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3 Max, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Claude Haiku 4.5?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Qwen3 Max (50) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (46). It leads on inputs & features. Qwen3 Max wins on context window. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Max, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Claude Haiku 4.5?

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). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 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 $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (3.2× as much) and $2.40 for Qwen3 Max (3.8× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 4.5 142.4 (#90 of 148), Qwen3 Max 142.4 (#91 of 148) and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 127.3 (#133 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (139.5–144.3 vs 140.0–144.6), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3 Max 72.6%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 47.4%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3 Max 73.3%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct 5.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 Max, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 4.5 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?

Qwen3 Max has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 128,000 for Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 Max up to 65,536, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct up to 4,096, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3 Max accepts text; Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct accepts text; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 4.5 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 Max and Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Qwen3 Max came out Sep 23, 2025; Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct came out Dec 6, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 Max Apr 2025, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Dec 2023, Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025.

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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