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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs o3
A detailed comparison of Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and o3 (OpenAI) across pricing, performance, and features.
Pricing Comparison
| Metric | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.80 | $0.40 | -50% |
| Output / 1M tokens | $4.00 | $1.60 | -60% |
| Context window | 200K | 200K | — |
| Max output | 8.192K | 100K | — |
Benchmark Comparison
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 69.4% | 87% |
| HumanEval | 88.1% | 94.5% |
| GPQA | — | 79.2% |
Capabilities
| Capability | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| code | ✓ | ✓ |
| reasoning | ✗ | ✓ |
| text | ✓ | ✓ |
| tool-use | ✓ | ✓ |
| vision | ✓ | ✓ |
Claude Haiku 4.5 Strengths
- ✓Very fast responses
- ✓Cheapest Anthropic option
- ✓Good for classification and extraction
Claude Haiku 4.5 Weaknesses
- ✗Weakest reasoning in the Claude family
- ✗Can struggle with nuanced instructions
o3 Strengths
- ✓Recently repriced — now very cheap
- ✓Excellent logical reasoning
- ✓200K context window
o3 Weaknesses
- ✗Slower due to reasoning overhead
- ✗Overkill for simple tasks
Quick Verdict
Best value: o3 is the more affordable option at $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens.
Higher benchmarks: o3 scores higher on average across available benchmarks (86.9% avg).
Choose o3 if cost matters most. Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 if you need the best possible quality for complex tasks.