Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4o mini

A side-by-side comparison of two Small LLM models - to help you pick the right one.

Spec comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku GPT-4o mini
Provider Anthropic OpenAI
Category Small LLM Small LLM
Context window 200K ctx 128K ctx
Max output 8K ctx 16K ctx
Input price $0.80 / 1M $0.15 / 1M
Output price $4 / 1M $0.60 / 1M
License Proprietary Proprietary
Open weights No No
Modality Text Text, Vision

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Claude 3.5 Haiku: what it's for

Claude 3.5 Haiku is Anthropic's fastest, low-cost model designed for latency-sensitive and high-volume workloads. It is a small LLM with a 200,000-token context window, suitable for text-based applications. This model excels in scenarios requiring quick responses and cost-efficient processing.

High-volume text generation tasksLow-latency conversational applicationsAutomated customer support interactionsContent moderation at scaleBatch processing of large text datasets

GPT-4o mini: what it's for

GPT-4o mini is a smaller, low-cost OpenAI model designed for high-volume tasks. It supports both text and vision inputs, making it versatile for multimodal applications. With a 128,000-token context window and 16,384-token max output, it balances capacity and affordability.

High-throughput text processing (e.g., batch summarization or classification)Multimodal tasks combining text and image inputs (e.g., document analysis with embedded figures)Cost-sensitive applications requiring OpenAI's API compatibilityModerate-length content generation with structured output constraintsPre-filtering or preprocessing for downstream larger models

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