What is the difference between Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic while Gemma 3 12B is developed by Google AI. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Gemma 3 12B?

It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude 3 Haiku cost compared to Gemma 3 12B?

Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens and Gemma 3 12B costs $0.03/M input tokens. Gemma 3 12B is $0.22/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

What is the difference between Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic while Gemma 3 12B is developed by Google AI. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Gemma 3 12B?

It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude 3 Haiku cost compared to Gemma 3 12B?

Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens and Gemma 3 12B costs $0.03/M input tokens. Gemma 3 12B is $0.22/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

Updated Mar 2025

Claude 3 HaikuvsGemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper than Claude 3 Haiku at $0.03/M vs $0.25/M input tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B compared across 54 shared prompts
Spec	Claude 3 Haiku	Gemma 3 12B
Input price	$0.25/M tokens	$0.03/M tokens
Output price	$1.25/M tokens	$0.03/M tokens
Context window	200K tokens	—
Released	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
HumanEval	88.1%	85.4%

Our Verdict

Gemma 3 12B

Claude 3 HaikuRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Gemma 3 12B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Gemma 3 12B costs 42x less per token.

Too close to call

What do Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B say about your brand?

10 models, one question, verbatim receipts.

or peek at a demo: Notion Linear Vercel

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3 Haiku

Input

$0.25

Output

$1.25

Gemma 3 12B

Input

$0.03

8.3× cheaper

Output

$0.03

42× cheaper

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 42× output

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity

70%

Gemma 3 12B uses 5.9x more headings

Claude 3 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B

50%Vocabulary52%

22wSentence Length17w

0.71Hedging0.66

0.3Bold6.2

5.9Lists5.4

0.00Emoji0.00

0.00Headings0.06

0.08Transitions0.23

Based on 13 + 23 text responses

Research

What we learned reading every model

FAQ

Common questions

Keep exploring

More comparisons

Claude 3 Haiku vs Ox AlphaNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs MiniMax M3New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 4 MaverickNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.3-CodexNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4 MiniNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4 NanoNew provider

Updated Mar 2025

Claude 3 HaikuvsGemma 3 12B

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper than Claude 3 Haiku at $0.03/M vs $0.25/M input tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B compared across 54 shared prompts
Spec	Claude 3 Haiku	Gemma 3 12B
Input price	$0.25/M tokens	$0.03/M tokens
Output price	$1.25/M tokens	$0.03/M tokens
Context window	200K tokens	—
Released	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
HumanEval	88.1%	85.4%

Our Verdict

Gemma 3 12B

Claude 3 HaikuRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Gemma 3 12B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Gemma 3 12B costs 42x less per token.

Too close to call

What do Claude 3 Haiku and Gemma 3 12B say about your brand?

10 models, one question, verbatim receipts.

or peek at a demo: Notion Linear Vercel

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3 Haiku

Input

$0.25

Output

$1.25

Gemma 3 12B

Input

$0.03

8.3× cheaper

Output

$0.03

42× cheaper

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 42× output

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity

70%

Gemma 3 12B uses 5.9x more headings

Claude 3 Haiku

Gemma 3 12B

50%Vocabulary52%

22wSentence Length17w

0.71Hedging0.66

0.3Bold6.2

5.9Lists5.4

0.00Emoji0.00

0.00Headings0.06

0.08Transitions0.23

Based on 13 + 23 text responses

Research

What we learned reading every model

FAQ

Common questions

Keep exploring

More comparisons

Claude 3 Haiku vs Ox AlphaNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs MiniMax M3New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs Llama 4 MaverickNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.3-CodexNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4New provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4 MiniNew provider

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.4 NanoNew provider