Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) is 47.6% cheaper ($212.40/mo vs $405.00/mo), while Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) leads in token generation speed (310 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Claude 3.5 Haiku (Anthropic) Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) (GroqCloud) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.800 $0.590 Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.080 $0.290 Claude 3.5 Haiku
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $4.00 $0.79 Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1238 LMSYS Elo 1250 LMSYS Elo Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $405.00 / mo $212.40 / mo Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) (-47.6%)
Context Window 200,000 tokens 128,000 tokens Claude 3.5 Haiku
Output Speed (Throughput) 130 tokens/sec 310 tokens/sec Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Batch API Discount -50% (Anthropic) -25% (GroqCloud) Anthropic
Primary Workload Fit Fast code sub-tasks, real-time moderation, heavy prompt-cached pipelines Voice agents, instant autocomplete, sub-200ms interactive UX Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Claude 3.5 Haiku → Try Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) → Open Full Simulator