Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GPT-4o
API pricing, context window and capabilities for Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4o, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.
Verdict
computed from the published numbersClaude 3.5 Haiku wins on price, on intelligence and on context window. Benchmark data is unavailable for one or both models.
Price
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Terminal-Bench
Not called
Intelligence
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Context window
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Key takeaways
who wins on what, from the published numbersClaude 3.5 Haiku wins
- Cheaper input ($0.80 vs $2.50 /1M)
- Cheaper output ($4.00 vs $10.00 /1M)
- Larger context window (200K vs 131K)
GPT-4o wins
- Higher max output (8K vs 16K)
- More serving providers (3 vs 6)
- Supports audio
Cheaper overall
Claude 3.5 Haiku
$0.80 + $4.00 /1M
Larger context
Claude 3.5 Haiku
200K
More providers
GPT-4o
6 providers
Pricing & specs
cheapest listed route · per 1M tokensOn-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4o | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | $0.80Vercel reseller quote best | $2.50via OpenAI |
| Output $/1M | $4.00Vercel reseller quote best | $10.00via OpenAI |
| Context window | 200K best | 131K |
| Max output | 8K | 16K best |
| Serving providers | 3 | 6 best |
| Date | Released Oct 22, 2024 | Released May 13, 2024 |
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores, side by side| Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4o | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 8.9 best | 8.4 |
| Terminal-Bench | 10% | Not available |
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | 54% best |
| Output speed | Not available | 150 t/s |
| Latency (TTFT) | Not available | 0.79s |
Cost calculator
choose a serving route for each sideInput tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Claude 3.5 Haiku
via Vercel
$8.00
GPT-4o
via Gmi
$23
Capabilities
feature support, side by side| Feature | Claude 3.5 Haiku | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Audio | — | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web search | — | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude 3.5 Haiku or GPT-4o?
Claude 3.5 Haiku is cheaper for input ($0.80 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens) as a Vercel reseller quote. Claude 3.5 Haiku is cheaper for output ($4.00 vs $10.00 per 1M tokens) as a Vercel reseller quote.
What is the context window difference between Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4o?
Claude 3.5 Haiku has a 200K-token context window and GPT-4o has 131K tokens, so Claude 3.5 Haiku can take a larger prompt.
How do Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4o compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, Claude 3.5 Haiku leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026
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