Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Granite 4.2 8B
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) by Anthropic or Granite 4.2 8B by IBM? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low)
Granite 4.2 8B vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 62.4% less intelligence, 54.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 456.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Granite 4.2 8B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 11.1 | −62.4% Granite 4.2 8B is 62.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $53.07 | +54.7% Granite 4.2 8B is 54.7% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.45s | 63.67s | +456.1% Granite 4.2 8B is 456.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.06 / $0.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Granite 4.2 8B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (High) scores 32.90 for $47.9.
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