Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.5 leads with 14.0% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Haiku offers 267.9K more tokens in context window than GPT-4.5. Claude 3.5 Haiku is $220.20 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Haiku is available on 3 providers. Overall, GPT-4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku was developed as the next generation of Anthropic's fastest model, offering similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku while surpassing Claude 3 Opus on many intelligence benchmarks. Built with low latency, improved instruction following, and accurate tool use, it serves user-facing products, specialized sub-agent tasks, and data-heavy applications.
OpenAI
GPT-4.5 was developed as an intermediate advancement between GPT-4 and GPT-5, designed to incorporate incremental improvements in reasoning, factuality, and instruction-following. Built to bridge generational capabilities while maintaining compatibility with existing applications, it represents a refinement of the GPT-4 architecture with enhanced performance characteristics.
4 months newer

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
2024-10-22

GPT-4.5
OpenAI
2025-02-27
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4.5
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4.5

Claude 3.5 Haiku

GPT-4.5

GPT-4.5
OpenAI