Claude Haiku 4.5 vs o3
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Family | Claude 4 5 | O3 |
| Model | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 |
| Version | Claude Haiku 4.5 | o3 |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-10-15 | 2025-04-16 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | 2024-06-01 |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Total parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | Unknown |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Provider access | Anthropic (Standard), Deepinfra (Standard) | Openai (Standard), Openrouter (Standard) |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, tools | chat, generation, reasoning, structured_outputs, tools |
14 comparable fields · 7 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Claude Haiku 4.5 Capabilities
o3 Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Claude Haiku 4.5 vs o3 FAQs
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3 better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Claude Haiku 4.5 and o3, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 is $1.00 and o3 is $1.00 per million tokens, so they are tied on this metric. Claude Haiku 4.5 is $5.00 and o3 is $4.00 per million tokens, so o3 is cheaper on this metric.
Which has a larger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. Claude Haiku 4.5 is 200,000 and o3 is 200,000.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3 be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: unsupported. Claude Haiku 4.5 is not marked open weight; o3 is not marked open weight.
Can Claude Haiku 4.5 and o3 understand images?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 is documented with image input; o3 is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
o3 has the larger sourced maximum output: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 64,000 and o3 supports 100,000 output tokens.
Do Claude Haiku 4.5 and o3 support reasoning and tool use?+
Claude Haiku 4.5: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. o3: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
Claude Haiku 4.5 has 2 sourced provider routes; o3 has 2, a tie.
Which offers better value, Claude Haiku 4.5 or o3?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.