Claude 4 Haiku vs Databricks DBRX Instruct

Performance benchmarks + pricing comparison — updated April 2026

Claude 4 Haiku

Anthropic

Updated Haiku model with improved reasoning over Claude 3.5 Haiku. Fast and affordable for high-volume tasks.

Input$0.800/M
Output$4.00/M
Context200K tokens
Best ForHigh-volume tasks, simple queries, cost-sensitive workflows
Benchmark55/100

Databricks DBRX Instruct

Databricks

Databricks' open MoE model. Competitive with GPT-3.5 for coding and general tasks.

Input$0.750/M
Output$2.25/M
Context32K tokens
Best ForCustom fine-tuning, coding assistance, enterprise NLP

Cost Comparison by Scenario

Estimated cost per project with 30% cache hit rate. Actual costs may vary based on usage patterns.

ScenarioClaude 4 HaikuDatabricks DBRX InstructSavings
Small Script (1K lines) $0.16 $0.09 Databricks DBRX Instruct saves $0.07 (43%)
Medium Feature (10K lines) $1.24 $0.71 Databricks DBRX Instruct saves $0.53 (43%)
Large Project (50K lines) $6.21 $3.56 Databricks DBRX Instruct saves $2.65 (43%)
Code Review (5K lines) $0.32 $0.19 Databricks DBRX Instruct saves $0.13 (42%)

Verdict

Databricks DBRX Instruct wins on both price and performance — $0.750/M input with a benchmark score of N/A/100.

For most developers, this is the clear choice between these two models.

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