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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Grok 4.1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
xAI
Grok 4.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateOct 22 2024Nov 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 391 days before Grok 4.1

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or Grok 4.1?

Claude 3.5 Haiku leads Grok 4.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 391 days before Grok 4.1, 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.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Haiku released?
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
When was Grok 4.1 released?
Grok 4.1 was released by xAI on Nov 17 2025.

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