Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs GLM-5.2 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
GLM-5.2 (Max) scores 16.8 points higher (33.7 vs 16.9) but costs 3.5× as much to run the benchmark ($2097 vs $594; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.2 (Max) when you need intelligence above 16.9, and Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) when 16.9 is enough.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | GLM-5.2 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 33.7 | +99.4% GLM-5.2 (Max) is 99.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $2,097.29 | +253.0% GLM-5.2 (Max) is 3.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.70s | 29.78s | +25.7% GLM-5.2 (Max) is 25.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $1.40 / $4.40 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 99.4% more intelligence, 253.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 25.7% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- GLM-5.2 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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