claude-haiku-5.5-high vs glm-5.3-max Benchmark Comparison

Direct benchmark comparison between claude-haiku-5.5-high and glm-5.3-max based on LMArena Elo and the latest 2026 API pricing.

Direct Technical & Pricing Comparison

Frontier Model	LMArena Elo	API Cost (1M)	Throughput
claude-haiku-5.5-high	1587	$1e-7	185
glm-5.3-max	1478	$3.9e-8	66

*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*

Comparison Summary: claude-haiku-5.5-high is the more capable model in this pair, leading by 109 Elo points. Notably, both models are on the Pareto Frontier, representing a true trade-off between higher intelligence and lower cost.