Claude 3 Haiku vs Kimi K3 (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: Claude 3 Haiku vs. Kimi K3
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Overview
Claude 3 Haiku was released 2 years before Kimi K3.
 Claude 3 Haiku |  Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Anthropic | MoonshotAI |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 200K tokens | 1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 4.1K tokens | Not specified tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | March 13, 2024 2 years ago March 13th, 2024 | July 16, 2026 11 days ago July 16th, 2026 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | August 31, 2023 | Not reported |
Capabilities & Features
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Claude 3 Haiku | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image | 📝Text🖼️Image |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Not reported | Enabled by defaultEffort: Max, High, LowDefault: Max |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Claude | Other |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Pricing
Claude 3 Haiku is roughly 0.08x less expensive compared to Kimi K3 for input tokens and roughly 0.08x less expensive for output tokens.
| Claude 3 Haiku | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.25 per million tokens | $3.00 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $1.25 per million tokens | $15.00 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | $0.01 per search | Not specified |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.03 per million tokens | $0.30 per million tokens |
Cache Write Cost Cost to write input tokens to the cache | $0.30 per million tokens | Not specified |
1-Hour Cache Write Cost Cost to cache input tokens for one hour | $0.50 per million tokens | Not specified |
Benchmarks
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| Claude 3 Haiku | Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | Benchmark not available. | 57.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | Benchmark not available. | 76.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | Benchmark not available. | 50.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 1,456 Elo (#1 in 3D (69.2% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes Claude 3 Haiku and Kimi K3 unique.
Claude 3 Haiku by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Very affordable at $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released March 13th, 2024.Kimi K3 by MoonshotAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released July 16th, 2026.Explore More Comparisons
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