Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) vs GLM-5.3 (Low)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) 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 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium): 0.6% less intelligence, 1696.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 199.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) | GLM-5.3 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.5 | 34.3 | −0.6% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 0.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $56.36 | $1,012.50 | +1696.5% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 18× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.41s | 31.21s | +199.8% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 199.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $1.40 / $4.40 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- 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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