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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Claude Sonnet 4

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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Overview
CompanyAnthropicAnthropic
Release dateOct 22 2024May 22 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
75.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
72.7%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 212 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude Sonnet 4?

Claude Sonnet 4 leads Claude 3.5 Haiku on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 212 days before Claude Sonnet 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

On GPQA Diamond, Claude Sonnet 4 scores 75.4%, 33.8 points above Claude 3.5 Haiku at 41.6%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Sonnet 4 scores 72.7%, 32.1 points above Claude 3.5 Haiku at 40.6%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Haiku released?
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude Sonnet 4?
Claude Sonnet 4 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3.5 Haiku 41.6% vs Claude Sonnet 4 75.4%.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Claude Sonnet 4?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Claude Sonnet 4 leads — Claude 3.5 Haiku scores 40.6% and Claude Sonnet 4 scores 72.7%.

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