Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 VS xAI Grok 4.5
⚖️Our Take
If your budget allows, Grok 4.5 is the superior choice here, offering a clear benchmark advantage while carrying only a slight price premium (1.5x). We recommend choosing Claude Haiku 4.5 only if you need to optimize costs for very high-volume pipelines.
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Benchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)
39.5%excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
73%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Performance
Cost (per 1M tokens)1.5x cheaper
$2.00Input: $1.00 | Output: $5.00Context Window
200k tokensBenchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+25.2%)
64.7%excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+20.0%)
93%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Performance
Cost (per 1M tokens)
$3.00Input: $2.00 | Output: $6.00Context WindowLarger
500k tokensFrequently Asked Questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.5 comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper than Grok 4.5. Claude Haiku 4.5 has a blended cost of $2.00/1M tokens, which is about 1.5x cheaper than Grok 4.5 at $3.00/1M tokens.
Grok 4.5 is better for coding tasks on this benchmark. It scores 64.7% on swe-bench-pro (excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases) compared to Claude Haiku 4.5 which scores 39.5%.
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