Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku
Analysis Summary
Claude 3 Haiku is Anthropic's lightweight model from March 2024, designed for speed and cost efficiency. It carries a measured intelligence index of 12.3 and supports tool use, function calling, and vision with a 200,000-token context window. At $0.25/$1.25 per million tokens, it is one of the more affordable multimodal models with verified benchmark data.
For business use, the 200K context window is a genuine advantage for long-document analysis, and the combination of tool use and vision makes it versatile for content workflows and basic agentic tasks. Coding and agentic benchmark scores are limited, so it is not suited to complex software engineering or multi-step autonomous workflows. Instruction-following scores are moderate.
Haiku is well-positioned for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks where multimodal input and long context matter more than peak reasoning. Teams needing stronger performance should step up to Claude 3.5 Sonnet or later Anthropic models.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Claude 3 Haiku from Anthropic offers tool use, function calling, vision, and a 200K context window at low cost, with measured benchmark data confirming its position as a capable lightweight model for high-volume tasks.
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Performance Profile
How Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku compares
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku ranks #283 of 377 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #265 of 314 for coding, #249 of 289 for agentic tasks. Its 200K-token context window is larger than 66% of the models we list. At $0.25 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 48% of comparable models.
About Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku
Claude 3 Haiku is Anthropic's fastest and most compact model for
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Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
| Output | $1.25 | $0.001250 |
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Frequently asked questions about Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku
How much does Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku cost?
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku?
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku has a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K).
Is Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku ranks #265 of 314 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku do?
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku?
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and was released on March 13, 2024.
