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Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-4o

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

21.39/100
Margin
20.1pts
winning →
OpenAI
41.49/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 3 Haiku #194 (Supported); GPT-4o #165 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4o share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Claude 3 Haiku; 2 to GPT-4o.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
11
Claude 3 Haiku only
1
GPT-4o only
2
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4o is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

GPT-4o is priced at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens for Claude 3 Haiku. Claude 3 Haiku has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for GPT-4o.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4o
CategoryClaude 3 HaikuΔGPT-4o
MathClaude 3 HaikuNot measuredMarginNo overlapGPT-4o0.3

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 3 Haiku$0.25 input / $1.25 outputGPT-4o$2.5 input / $10 outputClaude 3 Haiku has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 3 Haiku138 tok/sGPT-4o131 tok/sClaude 3 Haiku has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 3 Haiku1.16 sGPT-4o0.81 sGPT-4o reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 3 Haiku200KGPT-4o128KClaude 3 Haiku lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 21.1%25.1%GPT-4o leads
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
AA-SciCodeSource 18.6%33.3%GPT-4o leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
AA-LCRSource 21.0%0.0%Claude 3 Haiku leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 3.9%11.2%GPT-4o leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 37.4%54.3%GPT-4o leads
AA-HLESource 3.9%3.3%Claude 3 Haiku leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -47.6%-10.7%GPT-4o leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 17.2%19.7%GPT-4o leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.2%37.9%GPT-4o leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.345%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 30.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 864Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuGPT-4oResult
AA-IFBenchSource 36.1%34.3%Claude 3 Haiku leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4o on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-4o today?

Claude 3 Haiku: $0.25 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens GPT-4o: $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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