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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GLM-4.6

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Z.ai
GLM-4.6
Overview
CompanyAnthropicZ.ai
Release dateOct 15 2025Sep 30 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
355B
Context window
200k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
77%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%Best
68%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapGLM-4.6 shipped 15 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or GLM-4.6?

Claude Haiku 4.5 leads GLM-4.6 on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). GLM-4.6 shipped 15 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.

On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Haiku 4.5 leads at 73.3% vs GLM-4.6 at 68%.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.

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

Claude Haiku 4.5 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Haiku 4.5 73.3% vs GLM-4.6 68%.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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