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

Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)vsClaude 3.5 Haiku

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

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Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.35/M
Output
$4.2/M
Speed
65 tok/s
TTFT
1.00s
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Claude 3.5 Haiku

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

Winner by Category

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

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 14B (Reasoning)Claude 3.5 Haiku
Input ($/M tokens)$0.35$0.8
Output ($/M tokens)$4.2$4
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)$0.77
Claude 3.5 Haiku$1.20

Speed Comparison

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

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.218.7
Coding Index
13.110.7
Math Index
55.7
GPQA Diamond
60.4%40.8%
MMLU-Pro
77.4%63.4%
LiveCodeBench
52.3%31.4%
AIME 2025
55.7%
MATH-500
96.1%72.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%3.5%
SciCode
31.6%27.4%
IFBench
40.5%42.8%
TerminalBench
3.8%2.3%
Qwen3 14B (Reasoning)10 wins
2 winsClaude 3.5 Haiku

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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. However, Claude 3.5 Haiku has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 1.00s).

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

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.