Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
LegacyClaude 3 Haiku is the fast Claude 3-era model for simple tasks and high throughput. Prefer 3.5 Haiku when available for better quality at similar latency targets—confirm SKUs on your cloud path.
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Updated 1 day ago · Verified Apr 2026 · Score 78
Decision summary
Why teams reach for it, where it fits, and what to watch for — before you dive into specs.
Why teams choose it
- Legacy deployments should plan upgrades to 3.5 tiers.
- Price/performance vs GPT-4o mini depends on workload—A/B test.
Best use cases
- Use this when high-volume lightweight assistants
- Use this when pre-filtering prompts
Tradeoffs
- Outclassed by newer Sonnet/Haiku generations on reasoning.
- Check deprecation notices for long-term roadmaps.
Technical details
Modalities, benchmarks, and release context.
Modalities
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- Inputs
- text, image
- Outputs
- text
- Capabilities
- low latency, simple chat
Benchmarks snapshot
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No benchmark data yet — see comparisons for relative performance.
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