Fast and efficient with near-frontier intelligence.
Zhipu AI's flagship fifth-generation model.
No shared demos for these models yet.
No captured outputs for these models yet.
Based on the Capability Index, GLM 5 scores higher (78.6 vs 75.3). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
GLM 5 has a lower blended cost. Claude Haiku 4.5: $1.00 input / $5.00 output. GLM 5: $0.95 input / $2.55 output.
GLM 5 has a larger context window: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens vs GLM 5 at 205K tokens.
Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision/image input, but GLM 5 does not.
Key differences: only Claude Haiku 4.5 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Haiku 4.5 and GLM 5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.