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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct vs GLM-4.7

Too close to call on our weighted score (GLM-4.7 67, Claude Haiku 4.5 66, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 60). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 4.5

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    66/100
    • ECI142.2
    • Price$1.00 / $5.00
    • Context200K
  2. ByteDance Seed

    Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

    Released Aug 20, 2025

    60/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context524K
  3. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-4.7

    Released Dec 22, 2025

    67/100
    • ECI143.7
    • Price$0.60 / $2.20
    • Context205K
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (GLM-4.7 67/100, Claude Haiku 4.5 66/100, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GLM-4.7 for raw capability and Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has no Capabilities Index score yet.

  • CapabilityGLM-4.7Shared benchmarks: GLM-4.7 83.3% · Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 69.5% · Claude Haiku 4.5 68.9%
  • Lowest priceGLM-4.7GLM-4.7 $1.00 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct unpriced
  • Longest contextSeed-OSS-36B-InstructSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct 524,288 · GLM-4.7 204,800 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct: Text · GLM-4.7: Text
  • Self-hostingSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct and GLM-4.7Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 4.5Seed-OSS-36B-InstructGLM-4.7
CapabilityShared benchmarks67%697083
Inputs & features20%803535
Context window13%324932
Overall100%66/10060/10067/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct vs GLM-4.7 specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 4.5AnthropicSeed-OSS-36B-InstructByteDance SeedGLM-4.7Z.ai (Zhipu)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)142.2—143.7 (best)
ECI rank#102 of 165—#94 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions71.2%71.5%83.3% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics66.7%67.5%83.3% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions13.2%—32.2% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$1.00—$0.60 (best)
Output$5.00—$2.20 (best)
Cached input$0.10 (best)—$0.11
Blended (3:1)$2.00—$1.00 (best)
Long-context rateSame rate—Same rate
Price sourceOfficial Anthropic API—Official Z.AI API
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens524,288 tokens (best)204,800 tokens
Max output64,000 tokens524,288 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningYesYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenApache 2.0Open
API model IDclaude-haiku-4-5—glm-4.7
API providers48 (best)—31
ReleasedOct 15, 2025Aug 20, 2025Dec 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoffFeb 28, 2025Jul 2024Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
  • Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct—
  • GLM-4.7$10.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct or GLM-4.7?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (GLM-4.7 67/100, Claude Haiku 4.5 66/100, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GLM-4.7 for raw capability and Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has no Capabilities Index score yet.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct or GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 input / $2.20 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.00 per million tokens for GLM-4.7 versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (2× as much). Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025): GLM-4.7 83.3%, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 69.5% and Claude Haiku 4.5 68.9%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GLM-4.7 83.3%, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 71.5%, Claude Haiku 4.5 71.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GLM-4.7 83.3%, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct 67.5%, Claude Haiku 4.5 66.7%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 4.5, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct and GLM-4.7 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GLM-4.7 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 204,800 for GLM-4.7 and 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct up to 524,288, GLM-4.7 up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct accepts text; GLM-4.7 accepts text. Claude Haiku 4.5 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct and GLM-4.7 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

GLM-4.7 is the newest, released Dec 22, 2025. Claude Haiku 4.5 came out Oct 15, 2025; Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct came out Aug 20, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct Jul 2024, GLM-4.7 Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.