Claude 3 Haiku vs o3
Anthropic Claude 3 Haiku | OpenAI o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 10% | 26%Best |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 33.3% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3 Haiku shipped 408 days before o3 | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Haiku or o3?
o3 leads Claude 3 Haiku on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Claude 3 Haiku shipped 408 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On BullshitBench v2, o3 leads at 26% vs Claude 3 Haiku at 10%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
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