Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Claude 3.5 Haiku is 69.4% cheaper ($405.00/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.800 $3.000 Claude 3.5 Haiku
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.080 $1.500 Claude 3.5 Haiku
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $4.00 $8.00 Claude 3.5 Haiku
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1238 LMSYS Elo 1315 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $405.00 / mo $1323.75 / mo Claude 3.5 Haiku (-69.4%)
Context Window 200,000 tokens 160,000 tokens Claude 3.5 Haiku
Output Speed (Throughput) 130 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Batch API Discount -50% (Anthropic) -50% (Fireworks AI) Anthropic
Primary Workload Fit Fast code sub-tasks, real-time moderation, heavy prompt-cached pipelines US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Claude 3.5 Haiku → Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Open Full Simulator