Claude Haiku 5.5 vs QvQ-72B-Preview
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 7.8.
Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 7.8, ranking #19 overall.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude Haiku 5.5
- overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
Choose QvQ-72B-Preview
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview
Claude Haiku 5.5 and QvQ-72B-Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Both Claude Haiku 5.5 and QvQ-72B-Preview support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude Haiku 5.5
QvQ-72B-Preview
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Qwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is 22 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.
Oct 7, 2026
0 days ago
1.8yr newerDec 25, 2024
1.8 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while QvQ-72B-Preview's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without QvQ-72B-Preview's cutoff date.
Jun 2026
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs QvQ-72B-Preview.