Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude 3.5 Haiku is $85.20 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku was developed as the next generation of Anthropic's fastest model, offering similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku while surpassing Claude 3 Opus on many intelligence benchmarks. Built with low latency, improved instruction following, and accurate tool use, it serves user-facing products, specialized sub-agent tasks, and data-heavy applications.
7 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
2024-10-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3 Opus

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Bedrock