GPT-5.4 Pro vs Claude 3 Haiku

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 51. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 28.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 86 to 17.

GPT-5.4 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Claude 3 Haiku is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 200K for Claude 3 Haiku.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 3 Haiku only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Claude 3 Haiku

47.2

99
MMLU
56
99
GPQA
56
97
SuperGPQA
54
94
OpenBookQA
52
94
MMLU-Pro
63
50
HLE
2

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Claude 3 Haiku

28.3

95
HumanEval
48
86
SWE-bench Verified
17
86
LiveCodeBench
20

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Claude 3 Haiku

57

99
AIME 2023
56
99
AIME 2024
58
99
AIME 2025
57
96
HMMT Feb 2023
52
98
HMMT Feb 2024
54
97
HMMT Feb 2025
53
97
BRUMO 2025
55
99
MATH-500
71

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Claude 3 Haiku

60

97
SimpleQA
54
95
MuSR
52
98
BBH
74

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Claude 3 Haiku

76

97
IFEval
76

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Claude 3 Haiku

73

97
MGSM
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 51. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 86 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 47.2. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 28.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 57. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 60. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 76. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Claude 3 Haiku?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 73. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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