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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Comparing Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Anthropic · IBM · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2025

Choose IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$1.00 / M
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Output price
$5.00 / M
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Context window
200,000
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Released
Oct 2025
May 2025
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Haiku 4.5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 4.5 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview does not.

Claude Haiku 4.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 6 months newer than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

10 months ago

5mo newer
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

May 2, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 4.5's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 4.5
✓ Preferred
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview (IBM) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Claude Haiku 4.5 compare to IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores Tau2 Retail: 83.2%, MMMLU: 83.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 83.0%, AIME 2025: 80.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 73.3%. IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview scores AttaQ: 86.1%, HumanEval: 82.4%, HumanEval+: 78.3%, GSM8k: 70.1%, IFEval: 63.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports 200K tokens and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 4.5 and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is developed by IBM.

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