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Claude 3 Haiku vs GLM-5.1

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Z.ai
GLM-5.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicZ.ai
Release dateMar 4 2024Apr 7 2026
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
744B
Context window
200k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
10%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
63.5%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
68%
Science
GPQA Diamond
33.3%
86.2%Best
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Haiku shipped 764 days before GLM-5.1

Which is better: Claude 3 Haiku or GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 leads Claude 3 Haiku on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Haiku shipped 764 days before GLM-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude 3 Haiku is proprietary, while GLM-5.1 is open weight.

On GPQA Diamond, GLM-5.1 leads at 86.2% vs Claude 3 Haiku at 33.3%.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.

GLM-5.1 was released by Z.ai on Apr 7 2026.

GLM-5.1 leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Haiku 33.3% vs GLM-5.1 86.2%.

Claude 3 Haiku is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-5.1 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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