Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude 3 Opus benchmark

Name: Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude 3 Opus AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) and Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude 3 Opus is ahead by 24 points (1,248 vs 1,224; lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude 3 Opus resolves 38.4% versus 36.2% (swebench (Aug 17, 2026)). Claude 3.5 Haiku streams faster (140 tok/s) while Claude 3.5 Haiku is the cheaper output token ($4/1M). Claude 3.5 Haiku has the larger context window (200k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

Elo 1,224$4/1M out

Anthropic

Claude 3 Opus

Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo 1,248$75/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Haiku (5)vsClaude 3 Opus (3)

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 5W (63%)Overall: Claude 3.5 HaikuClaude 3 Opus: 3W (37%)

← Claude 3.5 Haiku1 tiesClaude 3 Opus →

Claude 3 Opus (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,224vs1,248

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

36.2%vs38.4%

LiveBench

44.8%vs46.2%

GPQA Diamond

54.1%vs50.4%

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 1WClaude 3 Opus: 3W

Claude 3.5 Haiku (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

140 tok/svs48 tok/s

Time to first token

110 msvs420 ms

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 2WClaude 3 Opus: 0W

Claude 3.5 Haiku (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4/1Mvs$75/1M

Input price

$0.8/1Mvs$15/1M

Context window

200kvs200k

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 2WClaude 3 Opus: 0W

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Dimensional AdvantageEven 3–3

Preference Elo

Claude 3 Opus

24 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Claude 3.5 Haiku

92 tok/s faster

Token Price Efficiency

Claude 3.5 Haiku

$71.00/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,224

EloHigh is better

1,248+2%

LiveBench

High is better

44.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

46.2%+3%

SWE-bench

High is better

36.2%

SWE-benchHigh is better

38.4%+6%

GPQA

High is better

+7%54.1%

GPQAHigh is better

50.4%

TTFT

Low is better

+282%110 ms

TTFTLow is better

420 ms

Speed

High is better

+192%140 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

48 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+1775%$0.80 / 1M

In $Low is better

$15.00 / 1M

Out $

Low is better

+1775%$4.00 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$75.00 / 1M

Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

200k

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Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 95% with Claude 3.5 Haiku

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude 3.5 Haiku$88.00 / mo

In: $28Out: $60

Claude 3 Opus$1,650.00 / mo

In: $525Out: $1,125

Estimated Cost Delta

Claude 3.5 Haiku is estimated to save $1,562.00/month ($18,744/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude 3 Opus:Pick Claude 3 Opus when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Claude 3.5 Haiku:Pick Claude 3.5 Haiku when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Claude 3.5 Haiku:Pick Claude 3.5 Haiku when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude 3 Opus

Higher SWE-bench (38.4%).

High-volume chatClaude 3.5 Haiku

Lower output list price ($4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude 3.5 Haiku

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude 3.5 Haiku

Larger window (200k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3 Opus

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude 3 Opus).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude 3 Opus	Higher SWE-bench (38.4%).
High-volume chat	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Lower output list price ($4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Larger window (200k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3 Opus	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude 3 Opus).

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LIVE

Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Elo 1,224

LiveBench44.8%

SWE-bench36.2%

Speed140 tok/s

Output cost$4/1M

Anthropic

Claude 3 Opus

Elo 1,248

LiveBench46.2%

SWE-bench38.4%

Speed48 tok/s

Output cost$75/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?: Claude 3 Opus has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,248). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?: Claude 3 Opus leads SWE-bench at 38.4% vs 36.2%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Claude 3.5 Haiku output tokens are $4/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?: Claude 3.5 Haiku has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 420 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200k tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Haiku and Claude 3 Opus Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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All Claude 3.5 Haiku matchups →|All Claude 3 Opus matchups →

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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude 3 Opus benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3.5 Haiku (5)vsClaude 3 Opus (3)

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 5W (63%)Overall: Claude 3.5 HaikuClaude 3 Opus: 3W (37%)

← Claude 3.5 Haiku1 tiesClaude 3 Opus →

Claude 3 Opus (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,224vs1,248

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

36.2%vs38.4%

LiveBench

44.8%vs46.2%

GPQA Diamond

54.1%vs50.4%

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 1WClaude 3 Opus: 3W

Claude 3.5 Haiku (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

140 tok/svs48 tok/s

Time to first token

110 msvs420 ms

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 2WClaude 3 Opus: 0W

Claude 3.5 Haiku (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4/1Mvs$75/1M

Input price

$0.8/1Mvs$15/1M

Context window

200kvs200k

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 2WClaude 3 Opus: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude 3 Opus

Higher SWE-bench (38.4%).

High-volume chatClaude 3.5 Haiku

Lower output list price ($4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude 3.5 Haiku

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude 3.5 Haiku

Larger window (200k).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3 Opus

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude 3 Opus).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude 3 Opus	Higher SWE-bench (38.4%).
High-volume chat	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Lower output list price ($4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude 3.5 Haiku	Larger window (200k).
Screenshots / vision	Claude 3 Opus	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude 3 Opus).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3 Opus has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,248). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3 Opus leads SWE-bench at 38.4% vs 36.2%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Claude 3.5 Haiku output tokens are $4/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude 3 Opus?

Claude 3.5 Haiku has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 420 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200k tokens versus 200k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3.5 Haiku and Claude 3 Opus Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.