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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
xAI
Grok 4.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateOct 15 2025Nov 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
73%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Haiku 4.5 shipped 33 days before Grok 4.1

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Grok 4.1?

Claude Haiku 4.5 leads Grok 4.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Haiku 4.5 shipped 33 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 Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Grok 4.1 released?
Grok 4.1 was released by xAI on Nov 17 2025.

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