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Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 4 Maverick

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

21.39/100
Margin
2.1pts
winning →
23.49/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 3 Haiku #194 (Supported); Llama 4 Maverick #191 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 4 Maverick share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Claude 3 Haiku; 6 to Llama 4 Maverick.

Updated July 22, 2026
Shared results
12
Claude 3 Haiku only
0
Llama 4 Maverick only
6
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 4 Maverick is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 6 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.

Claude 3 Haiku is priced at $0.25 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Maverick. Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 3 Haiku.

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 Llama 4 Maverick
CategoryClaude 3 HaikuΔLlama 4 Maverick
MathClaude 3 HaikuNot measuredMarginNo overlapLlama 4 Maverick0.7

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 3 Haiku$0.25 input / $1.25 outputLlama 4 Maverick$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Maverick has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 3 Haiku138 tok/sLlama 4 Maverick121 tok/sClaude 3 Haiku has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 3 Haiku1.16 sLlama 4 Maverick0.95 sLlama 4 Maverick reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 3 Haiku200KLlama 4 Maverick1MLlama 4 Maverick lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 21.1%17.8%Claude 3 Haiku leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource -16Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-SciCodeSource 18.6%33.1%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA Coding IndexSource 16.3%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-LCRSource 21.0%46.0%Llama 4 Maverick leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 3.9%14.3%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 37.4%67.1%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-HLESource 3.9%4.8%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -47.6%-41.8%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 17.2%24.3%Llama 4 Maverick leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.2%87.3%Claude 3 Haiku leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.690%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 30.8%62.1%Llama 4 Maverick leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 901Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 3 HaikuLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-IFBenchSource 36.1%43.0%Llama 4 Maverick leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 3 Haiku and Llama 4 Maverick 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 Llama 4 Maverick today?

Claude 3 Haiku: $0.25 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens Llama 4 Maverick: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Claude 3 Haiku
API / mo$1,125
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Maverick
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,610
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 22, 2026

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