Claude 4 Haiku vs Llama 3.3 70B

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

Llama 3.3 70B

Meta

Meta's open-weight 70B model. Strong coding and general capability, widely supported across AI platforms.

Input$0.250/M
Output$1.00/M
Context128K tokens
Best ForSelf-hosted deployments, cost-effective coding, custom fine-tuning

Cost Comparison by Scenario

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

ScenarioClaude 4 HaikuLlama 3.3 70BSavings
Small Script (1K lines) $0.16 $0.04 Llama 3.3 70B saves $0.13 (76%)
Medium Feature (10K lines) $1.24 $0.29 Llama 3.3 70B saves $0.95 (77%)
Large Project (50K lines) $6.21 $1.44 Llama 3.3 70B saves $4.77 (77%)
Code Review (5K lines) $0.32 $0.07 Llama 3.3 70B saves $0.25 (79%)

Verdict

Llama 3.3 70B wins on both price and performance — $0.250/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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