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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GLM-4.5-Air

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Z.ai
GLM-4.5-Air
Overview
CompanyAnthropicZ.ai
Release dateOct 22 2024Jul 28 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
106B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
50%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
59.8%Best
Science
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 279 days before GLM-4.5-Air

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or GLM-4.5-Air?

GLM-4.5-Air leads Claude 3.5 Haiku on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 279 days before GLM-4.5-Air, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is proprietary, while GLM-4.5-Air is open weight.

On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-4.5-Air leads at 59.8% vs Claude 3.5 Haiku at 40.6%.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.

GLM-4.5-Air was released by Z.ai on Jul 28 2025.

GLM-4.5-Air leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Haiku 40.6% vs GLM-4.5-Air 59.8%.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.5-Air is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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