Anthropic · mid
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 good?
Claude Haiku 4.5 has been tested across 22 task areas. It's strongest at frontend & landing pages and weakest at presentations & decks. It's a mid-priced option ($6/1M tokens).
Our take
Strengths
Weak spots
How Claude Haiku 4.5 ranks, task by task
Rank is the position in each field; Rating is the absolute quality bar. A model can be rated "Excellent" yet sit mid-table when the whole field is strong — and vice-versa.
| Task area | Rank | Percentile | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend & Landing Pages | #5 of 93 |
|
Usable |
| Creative & Comedy | #10 of 44 |
|
Elo |
| Product & Project Management | #14 of 44 |
|
Strong |
| Data & Analytics | #25 of 69 |
|
Excellent |
| Legal & HR | #18 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| Training & Education | #20 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| AI Strategy | #26 of 50 |
|
Strong |
| Executive Assistant | #30 of 50 |
|
Strong |
| Knowledge & Docs | #58 of 94 |
|
Usable |
| Translation & Localization | #30 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| Coding | #37 of 52 |
|
Usable |
| RAG, Safety & Grounding | #25 of 35 |
|
Strong |
| Sales | #32 of 44 |
|
Usable |
| Summarization & Meeting Notes | #33 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| Content & Brand | #38 of 50 |
|
Usable |
| Customer Support | #33 of 43 |
|
Usable |
| Structured Output | #34 of 43 |
|
Usable |
| Investor & Pitch | #44 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Chef / Home Cooking | #45 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Landing Pages | #53 of 56 |
|
Needs editing |
| Research & Competitive Analysis | #42 of 44 |
|
Needs editing |
| Presentations & Decks | #44 of 44 |
|
Usable |
Industry benchmarks
Standardized third-party scores, shown for context — these are independent of our real-task tests.
Artificial Analysis indices
Design Arena — human preference (avg Elo 1155)
Headline vs. real-world
Claude Haiku 4.5's real-world results broadly track its headline Intelligence Index.
Source: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings). (2026-06-29) · Source: Design Arena (www.designarena.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings). (2026-06-29)
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Frequently asked
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 any good?
Claude Haiku 4.5 places top-3 in 0 of 22 task areas we benchmarked. It performs best at Frontend & Landing Pages.
What is Claude Haiku 4.5 best at?
Its strongest task areas are Frontend & Landing Pages, Creative & Comedy, Product & Project Management.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Claude Haiku 4.5?
DeepSeek V3.2 is 90% cheaper and stays competitive on quality across our benchmarks.
How we test & rank
Each model is scored on real tasks across 22 task areas by an LLM judge with deterministic checks. "Percentile" is this model's standing within each area's field; the cross-area figures are rank-based so quality and Elo scores are never mixed.
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