Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GLM 4.5
Updated October 21, 2026. 47 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick GLM 4.5 for coding: it scores 64.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5, though on 1 benchmark against 3.
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 when the context window is larger, 200K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified or WeirdML, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 47
- Claude Haiku 4.5 only
- 47
- GLM 4.5 only
- 13
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5 scores 64.2 against 49.8.
3 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 leads, 16.9 against 12.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a AA Agentic Index result, 8.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Tied at 72.2%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5 leads, 86.7% against 82.7%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5 leads, 81.2% against 78.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5 leads, 1170 against 1122.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 takes 200K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 $0.0035, GLM 4.5 $0.0017 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has the number, $0.56.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Haiku 4.5 49.8 from 3 benchmarks, GLM 4.5 64.2 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Coding, 7.4 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): Claude Haiku 4.5 41.2% against GLM 4.5 67.5%, 26.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Haiku 4.5 $5.00 against GLM 4.5 $2.20 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Haiku 4.5 takes 200K tokens, GLM 4.5 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Bars | GLM 4.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 1 | 1 tie | |
| Math | 1 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 8 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 7 | ||
| General | 2 | 15 | ||
| All shared boards | 10 | 36 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index32
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 66.6% | 64.2% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 64.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench coding | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 43.9 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 41.2% | 67.5% | GLM 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 66.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 7.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 73.8% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 22.0% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 35.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.4% | 40.6% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 344.8 | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1454 | 1434 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1439 | 1440 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1326 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1318 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.9 | 12.8 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.2 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 8.0 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench research | 42.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 11.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 31.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 5.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 10.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 22.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 43.0% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| BALROG | 31.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $459 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.2% | 72.2% | Tie |
| LiveBench reasoning | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 46.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.0% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 8.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1421 | 1429 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1443 | 1433 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1435 | 1429 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 82.7% | 86.7% | GLM 4.5 |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 94.0% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.2% | 90.8% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 73.7 | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 73.7% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 66.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MATH level 5 | 96.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1398 | 1427 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1430 | 1430 | GLM 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 78.7% | 81.2% | GLM 4.5 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.2% | 75.6% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 56.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.6% | 61.0% | GLM 4.5 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 67.5% | 72.4% | GLM 4.5 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 62.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 79.6% | 90.0% | GLM 4.5 |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 32.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 83.5% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 13.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1406 | 1444 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1394 | 1455 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1400 | 1438 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1400 | 1420 | GLM 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1122 | 1170 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1100 | 1144 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1097 | 1145 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1124 | 1159 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1072 | 1170 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1115 | 1165 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1025 | 1096 | GLM 4.5 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1139 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 59.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index215
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 59.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 54.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 44.1% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 52.7% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| DTBench | 73.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMCA | 30.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 73.4% | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| ExploitBench | 13.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1430 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1414 | 1404 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1371 | 1395 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | 1437 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1377 | 1417 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1418 | 1465 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1374 | 1407 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1338 | 1415 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1346 | 1380 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1411 | 1418 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | 1454 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1381 | 1413 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1343 | 1422 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1409 | 1415 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | 1412 | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1386 | 1403 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1369 | 1404 | GLM 4.5 |
| LMArena Document | 1420 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | GLM 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 4.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 4.5 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 | Z.ai GLM 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | July 25, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $5.00 | $2.20 |
| Coding index | 49.8 | 64.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.56 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 better than GLM 4.5 for coding?
Pick GLM 4.5 for coding: it scores 64.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5, though on 1 benchmark against 3. Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 when the context window is larger, 200K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified or WeirdML, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or GLM 4.5?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; GLM 4.5 costs $0.60 and $2.20. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Haiku 4.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or GLM 4.5?
Claude Haiku 4.5, with 200K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GLM 4.5 comparison based on?
47 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Haiku 4.5's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and GLM 4.5's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.