Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs GLM-5.3 (Low)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or GLM-5.3 (Low) 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-5.3 (Low) scores 17.4 points higher (34.3 vs 16.9) but costs 1.7× as much to run the benchmark ($1013 vs $594; both premium class). Pick GLM-5.3 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning).
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | GLM-5.3 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 34.3 | +103.0% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 2.0× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $1,012.50 | +70.4% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 70.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.38s | 31.40s | +28.8% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 28.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $1.40 / $4.40 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 103.0% more intelligence, 70.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 28.8% 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-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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