Compare/Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Claude 3.5 HaikuvsQwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Input
$0.8/M
Output
$4/M
Speed
TTFT
Alibaba

Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.35/M
Output
$4.2/M
Speed
65 tok/s
TTFT
1.00s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Benchmarks (2-10)
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude 3.5 HaikuQwen3 14B (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.8$0.35
Output ($/M tokens)$4$4.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude 3.5 Haiku$1.20
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)$0.77

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)
65 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)
1.00s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
18.716.2
Coding Index
10.713.1
Math Index
55.7
GPQA Diamond
40.8%60.4%
MMLU-Pro
63.4%77.4%
LiveCodeBench
31.4%52.3%
AIME 2025
55.7%
MATH-500
72.1%96.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
3.5%4.3%
SciCode
27.4%31.6%
IFBench
42.8%40.5%
TerminalBench
2.3%3.8%
Claude 3.5 Haiku2 wins
10 winsQwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $1.31/M tokens vs $1.60/M for Claude 3.5 Haiku.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Claude 3.5 Haiku. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 65 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Claude 3.5 Haiku also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 1.00s).

When should I use Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 14B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.