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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs GLM-4.6

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Z.ai
GLM-4.6
Overview
CompanyAnthropicZ.ai
Release dateOct 22 2024Sep 30 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
355B
Context window
200k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
50%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
68%Best
Science
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 343 days before GLM-4.6

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or GLM-4.6?

GLM-4.6 leads Claude 3.5 Haiku on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 343 days before GLM-4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.

On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-4.6 leads at 68% vs Claude 3.5 Haiku at 40.6%.

Frequently asked questions

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

GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.

GLM-4.6 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Haiku 40.6% vs GLM-4.6 68%.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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