Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Amazon Nova Micro
A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.
- PriceAmazon Nova Micro
Amazon Nova Micro is roughly 28.6× cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $4.00 per 1M).
- Context windowClaude 3.5 Haiku
Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200K tokens vs 128K, 1.6× 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 Amazon Nova Micro.
- OpennessTie
Both are closed-weight, API-only.
On balance Claude 3.5 Haiku edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Amazon Nova Micro's 1. Amazon Nova Micro is roughly 28.6× cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $4.00 per 1M). Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200K tokens vs 128K, 1.6× 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 Amazon Nova Micro handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both are closed-weight, API-only.
Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2024, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Claude 3.5 Haiku is usually picked for customer support and code completion workloads, while Amazon Nova Micro sees more deployments in cheapest llm and fastest llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Claude 3.5 Haiku | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Other |
| Released | Nov 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Modalities | text, vision | text |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | , | , |
| Input · 1M | $0.80 / 1M tokens | $0.035 / 1M tokens |
| Output · 1M | $4.00 / 1M tokens | $0.14 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | , | , |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
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 $0.315
- Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$84.00 vs $3.15
- RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$144 vs $6.09
Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: $8.40 vs $0.315 per month, model B comes out ahead. Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: $84.00 vs $3.15 per month, model B comes out ahead. RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: $144 vs $6.09 per month, model B comes out ahead.
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
- Amazon Nova Micro$0.011
Benchmarks compared
Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.
Claude 3.5 Haiku fits when…
- Fast
- Cheap for Anthropic
- Strong code at small size
- Long-context tasks, handles 200K tokens vs 128K for Amazon Nova Micro.
- Multimodal needs covering vision.
Amazon Nova Micro fits when…
- Lowest-cost frontier-lab model
- Native AWS integration
- Generous 128k context for the price tier
- Cost-sensitive workloads, 28.6× cheaper than Claude 3.5 Haiku on output tokens.
Consider Claude Opus 4.7
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Frequently asked
Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Amazon Nova Micro cheaper?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.14 / 1M tokens per million output tokens, vs $4.00 / 1M tokens for Claude 3.5 Haiku.Which has the larger context window?
Claude 3.5 Haiku accepts 200K tokens vs 128K for Amazon Nova Micro.Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?
Both Claude 3.5 Haiku and Amazon Nova Micro 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?
Neither model ships open weights, both are accessible only via their respective providers' APIs.When were Claude 3.5 Haiku and Amazon Nova Micro released?
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on 2024-11-04. Amazon Nova Micro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.
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