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Claude 3 5 Haiku vs Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Anthropic

Model

Claude 3 5 Haiku

Context window

200K

200,000 tokens · ~150K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct

Image inputTool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Claude 3 5 Haiku200K
Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct128K

Claude 3 5 Haiku has about 1.6× the context window of the other in this pair.

Claude 3 5 Haiku has 56% more context capacity (200K vs 128K tokens). Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct is 56% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Claude 3 5 Haiku. Its 200K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct. Input tokens are 56% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Claude 3 5 Haiku. Its 8K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecClaude 3 5 HaikuMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
Context window200,000 tokens (200K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens8,192 tokens (8K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierFastFast
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderClaude 3 5 Haiku inClaude 3 5 Haiku outMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct inMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock$0.350/M$0.350/M
Google Vertex$1.00/M$5.00/M
Gradient$0.800/M$4.00/M
Replicate$1.00/M$5.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3 5 Haiku has a larger context window: 200K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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