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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Jamba 1.5 Large

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Claude 3.5 Haiku specs · Jamba 1.5 Large specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceClaude 3.5 Haiku

    Claude 3.5 Haiku is roughly 2.0× cheaper on output tokens ($4.00 vs $8.00 per 1M).

  • Context windowJamba 1.5 Large

    Jamba 1.5 Large accepts 256K tokens vs 200K, 1.3× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesClaude 3.5 Haiku

    Claude 3.5 Haiku supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Jamba 1.5 Large.

  • OpennessJamba 1.5 Large

    Jamba 1.5 Large ships open weights (Jamba Open Model License); Claude 3.5 Haiku is API-only.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Claude 3.5 Haiku and Jamba 1.5 Large: 2 category wins each, with the rest tied. Claude 3.5 Haiku is roughly 2.0× cheaper on output tokens ($4.00 vs $8.00 per 1M). Jamba 1.5 Large accepts 256K tokens vs 200K, 1.3× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Claude 3.5 Haiku handles text, vision while Jamba 1.5 Large handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Jamba 1.5 Large ships open weights (Jamba Open Model License); Claude 3.5 Haiku is API-only.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is the newer of the two, released 2 months after Jamba 1.5 Large, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Claude 3.5 Haiku is usually picked for customer support and code completion workloads, while Jamba 1.5 Large sees more deployments in long context and rag. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecClaude 3.5 HaikuJamba 1.5 Large
ProviderAnthropicAI21
ReleasedNov 2024Aug 2024
Modalitiestext, visiontext
Context window200K tokens256K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$0.80 / 1M tokens$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output · 1M$4.00 / 1M tokens$8.00 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsNoYes (Jamba Open Model License)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$8.40 vs $18.00
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$84.00 vs $180
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$144 vs $348

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: $8.40 vs $18.00 per month, model A comes out ahead. Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: $84.00 vs $180 per month, model A comes out ahead. RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: $144 vs $348 per month, model A comes out ahead.

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Claude 3.5 Haiku$0.280
  • Jamba 1.5 Large$0.600

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Claude 3.5 Haiku if

Claude 3.5 Haiku fits when…

  • Fast
  • Cheap for Anthropic
  • Strong code at small size
  • Cost-sensitive workloads, 2.0× cheaper than Jamba 1.5 Large on output tokens.
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Pick Jamba 1.5 Large if

Jamba 1.5 Large fits when…

  • 256k context
  • Efficient long-context inference
  • Open weights
  • Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Jamba Open Model License).
Don't want either?

Consider Claude Opus 4.7

Anthropic's mid-2026 flagship, ahead on SWE-bench, agent reliability, and writing quality.

See Claude Opus 4.7 specsClaude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude Opus 4.7Jamba 1.5 Large vs Claude Opus 4.7

Frequently asked

  • Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Jamba 1.5 Large cheaper?
    Claude 3.5 Haiku is cheaper at $4.00 / 1M tokens per million output tokens, vs $8.00 / 1M tokens for Jamba 1.5 Large.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Jamba 1.5 Large accepts 256K tokens vs 200K for Claude 3.5 Haiku.
  • Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Jamba 1.5 Large better for coding?
    Both Claude 3.5 Haiku and Jamba 1.5 Large are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Jamba 1.5 Large ships open weights (Jamba Open Model License). Claude 3.5 Haiku is API-only.
  • When were Claude 3.5 Haiku and Jamba 1.5 Large released?
    Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on 2024-11-04. Jamba 1.5 Large was released by AI21 on 2024-08-22.
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