Claude 3Released 2024-03-13
Claude 3 Haiku
Most affordable Claude model
Family
Claude 3
Release Date
2024-03-13
Best For
Simple tasks, ultra-high-volume processing, cost-sensitive applications
Overview
Claude 3 Haiku is the most affordable Claude model at just $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output tokens. Designed for high-volume, low-latency applications where cost efficiency is paramount. Maintains the full 200K context window and delivers reliable performance on straightforward tasks.
Pricing
Input / 1M tokens
$0.25
Output / 1M tokens
$1.25
Context Window
200K
Max Output
4K
API model ID:
claude-3-haiku-20240307Key Features
✓Lowest cost: $0.25/M input, $1.25/M output
✓Fastest response times in the Claude lineup
✓Full 200K token context window
✓Reliable for straightforward tasks
✓Ideal for cost-sensitive high-volume deployments
Use Cases
Ultra-high-volume text processing
Simple classification and routing
Keyword extraction and basic NLP
Customer support triage
Moderation of user-generated content at scale
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| MMLU (5-shot) | 68.5% |
| Coding (HumanEval) | 75.9% |