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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs. GLM-5.3-Flash

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General specifications

Release date, availability, context window, architecture, and published parameter counts at a glance. Undisclosed details remain marked as unavailable.

Specifications for Claude Haiku 4.5 and GLM-5.3-Flash
AttributeClaude Haiku 4.5GLM-5.3-Flash
ProviderAnthropicZ.ai
ReleasedOct 2025Aug 26, 2026
AvailabilityActiveOpen Source
Model typeProprietaryOpen Weights
ParametersNot published320B, 18B active
ArchitectureNot publishedMixture of Experts
Context window200,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Knowledge cutoffFebruary 2025Not published
Technical sourcesModelModel, Context

Pricing

API pricing compared

The table compares official standard API rates per 1M tokens, including published cache pricing. Batch, fast, priority, regional surcharges, tool calls, and cloud platform pricing are excluded.

API pricing for Claude Haiku 4.5 and GLM-5.3-Flash
Price typeClaude Haiku 4.5GLM-5.3-Flash
API input$1$0.15
API output$5$0.5
Cache read$0.1$0.03
Cache write (5 min.)$1.25Not listed
Cache write (1 hr.)$2Not listed
Price verified09/22/2026 Source09/22/2026 Source
Claude Haiku 4.5GLM-5.3-Flash
API inputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 4.5$1
GLM-5.3-FlashLower price$0.15
API outputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 4.5$5
GLM-5.3-FlashLower price$0.5
Cache readUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Claude Haiku 4.5$0.1
GLM-5.3-FlashLower price$0.03

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Pricing by provider

Direct developer pricing and provider endpoint tariffs routed through OpenRouter are listed separately. Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Context-dependent direct tiers plus regional, Flex, Priority, and other OpenRouter tariffs remain individually identifiable.

Provider pricing for Claude Haiku 4.5 and GLM-5.3-Flash
ModelProviderPurchase route and tariffInput per 1M tokensOutput per 1M tokensSource
Claude Haiku 4.5AnthropicDirect from developerStandard APILowest listed price: $1Lowest listed price: $5Source09/22/2026
Amazon BedrockVia OpenRouteramazon-bedrock/eu-west-1$1.1$5.5Source10/26/2026
Amazon BedrockVia OpenRouteramazon-bedrock/globalLowest listed price: $1Lowest listed price: $5Source10/26/2026
Amazon BedrockVia OpenRouteramazon-bedrock/us$1.1$5.5Source10/26/2026
AnthropicVia OpenRouteranthropicLowest listed price: $1Lowest listed price: $5Source10/26/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure/globalLowest listed price: $1Lowest listed price: $5Source10/26/2026
GoogleVia OpenRoutergoogle-vertex/europe$1.1$5.5Source10/26/2026
GoogleVia OpenRoutergoogle-vertex/globalLowest listed price: $1Lowest listed price: $5Source10/26/2026
GoogleVia OpenRoutergoogle-vertex/us-east5$1.1$5.5Source10/26/2026
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.aiDirect from developerStandard API$0.15$0.5Source09/22/2026
AtlasCloudVia OpenRouteratlas-cloud/fp8$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
BaseTenVia OpenRouterbaseten/fp8$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
BaseTenVia OpenRouterbaseten/fp8/us$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
CohereVia OpenRoutercohere$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
CoreWeaveVia OpenRoutercoreweave/nvfp4$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
CrusoeVia OpenRoutercrusoe/fp4$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
DarkbloomVia OpenRouterdarkbloom/fp4$0.065$0.18Source10/26/2026
DeepInfraVia OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp4$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
DigitalOceanVia OpenRouterdigitalocean$0.1312$0.4375Source10/26/2026
FireworksVia OpenRouterfireworks$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
FriendliVia OpenRouterfriendli$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
GMICloudVia OpenRoutergmicloud/fp8$0.075$0.25Source10/26/2026
InceptronVia OpenRouterinceptron/fp8$0.17$0.6Source10/26/2026
InferenceNetVia OpenRouterinference-net/fp4$0.12$0.388Source10/26/2026
InferenceNetVia OpenRouterinference-net/us$0.12$0.388Source10/26/2026
MakoraVia OpenRoutermakora$0.14$0.47Source10/26/2026
MistralVia OpenRoutermistral$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
ModalVia OpenRoutermodal/nvfp4$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
MorphVia OpenRoutermorph/fp8$0.337$0.65Source10/26/2026
Near AIVia OpenRouternear-ai/fp8$0.08$0.5Source10/26/2026
NextBitVia OpenRouternextbit/fp4$0.125$0.5Source10/26/2026
NovitaVia OpenRouternovita/fp8$0.084$0.28Source10/26/2026
OpenInferenceVia OpenRouteropen-inference/fp4$0.11Lowest listed price: $0.01Source10/26/2026
ParasailVia OpenRouterparasail/fp4$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
PhalaVia OpenRouterphala/nvfp4$0.1275$0.425Source10/26/2026
PrimeIntellectVia OpenRouterprimeintellect$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
RekaVia OpenRouterreka$0.15$2.4Source10/26/2026
RelaceVia OpenRouterrelaceLowest listed price: $0.0413$0.0758Source10/26/2026
Sail ResearchVia OpenRoutersail-research/fp4$0.0784$0.25Source10/26/2026
Sail ResearchVia OpenRoutersail-research/us$0.0784$0.25Source10/26/2026
TogetherVia OpenRoutertogether$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
VeniceVia OpenRoutervenice$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026
WaferVia OpenRouterwafer/nvfp4$0.054$0.2Source10/26/2026
Z.AIVia OpenRouterz-ai/fp8$0.15$0.5Source10/26/2026

Benchmark index

Benchmark index compared

The index combines independent benchmarks on a scale from 0 to 100. A lead only counts when a model comes first in at least 95% of 200 recalculations with randomly redrawn test families. Otherwise both count as level.

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Overall index

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Overall index

38.8

GLM-5.3-Flash leads in 1 of 1 shared areas.

AreaClaude Haiku 4.5GLM-5.3-Flash
Finance3.456.5

Performance

Shared benchmarks

Only published results with the same benchmark version, task, metric, and comparison cohort are paired. Different reasoning levels, agents, harnesses, or output limits appear directly in the table.

Capability profile from matched benchmarks

Each axis averages directly matched benchmark families. A value of 100 means the stronger value within this pair, not a universal quality score.

Not enough directly matched categories for a reliable radar

Only 0 of at least 5 categories have comparable, direct model measurements. The benchmark tables below show the available evidence without filling missing axes.

No directly comparable result series yet

No published benchmark for Claude Haiku 4.5 and GLM-5.3-Flash currently matches in version, task, metric, and comparison cohort. We therefore show no estimated or blended values.

Our model tests

Our tests

SVG short test

One SVG prompt and fixed output settings. Captures are shown only with 0 reported reasoning tokens or documented lack of reasoning controls. Identical test conditions do not make the models' internal compute identical.

Shared test round: 43b8c5c46830

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5: SVG short test
API reports 0 reasoning tokensTest run: Oct 14, 2026Provider: anthropicAPI model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5848 output tokens

GLM-5.3-Flash

Unavailable in this round

Earlier tests

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Reasoning (requested): high

Current attempt
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
API model reported in response
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
Anthropic | anthropic/claude-4.5-haiku-20251001
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Response time
10.1 s

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Reasoning (requested): high

Current attempt
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
API model reported in response
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
Z.AI | z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Response time
49.7 s

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)
  • Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)

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Your workload, budget, and required context length matter most. A coding benchmark says little about visual understanding or agent performance.

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