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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GLM 4.6

Close to a tie overall. GLM 4.6 costs 56% less for the same work.

Claude Haiku 4.5

by Anthropic · #42 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
195K
Input / 1M
$1.00
Output / 1M
$5.00

GLM 4.6

by Z.ai · #43 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
198K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.00

Better overall

About even

Grade 57.0 vs 56.9

Cheaper

GLM 4.6

56% less, $0.88 vs $2.00 blended

Larger context

GLM 4.6

195K vs 198K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Claude Haiku 4.5

73.3% vs 68%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Dec 22, 2025 · reference
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Dec 22, 2025 · reference
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Dec 22, 2025 · reference
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: —

Claude Haiku 4.5GLM 4.6v = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Claude Haiku 4.5$400 /month
GLM 4.6$180 /month

GLM 4.6 saves you $220 a month at this usage, $2,640 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Haiku 4.5GLM 4.6
Made byAnthropicZ.ai
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 57.0Strong · 56.9
Overall rank#42 of 67#43 of 67
Input price$1.00 per 1M$0.50 per 1M
Output price$5.00 per 1M$2.00 per 1M
Context window200,000 tokens202,752 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesNo
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDclaude-haiku-4-5glm-4.6

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "claude-haiku-4-5", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "glm-4.6", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or GLM 4.6 better?

They grade within two points of each other (57.0 and 56.9), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or GLM 4.6?

GLM 4.6: $0.50 in and $2.00 out per million tokens, against $1.00 and $5.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

GLM 4.6, with 202,752 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.