Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemma 3 270M
Wins 5 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Claude Haiku 4.5 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude Haiku 4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude Haiku 4.52 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up10Claude Haiku 4.51 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Haiku 4.51 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Haiku 4.51 of 1 test
Facts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Haiku 4.5 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+44.8points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+42.2points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+6.8points ahead
Where Gemma 3 270M pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Haiku 4.5
- SciCodeClaude Haiku 4.5 by 42.242.20+42.2
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Haiku 4.5 by 27.327.30+27.3
ReasoningClaude Haiku 4.5
- GPQA DiamondClaude Haiku 4.5 by 44.867.222.4+44.8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Haiku 4.5 by 6.810.43.6+6.8
- CritPttie00tie
FactsClaude Haiku 4.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Haiku 4.5 by 3.172.769.6+3.1
Following instructionsClaude Haiku 4.5
- IFBenchClaude Haiku 4.5 by 42.254.312.1+42.2
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Haiku 4.5 by 45.654.79.1+45.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Haiku 4.5 by 43.943.90+43.9
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Haiku 4.5 by 24.9-4.4-29.3+24.9
- AA IntelligenceClaude Haiku 4.5 by 11.816.95.1+11.8
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Haiku 4.5 by 7.310.33+7.3
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Gemma 3 270M?
Claude Haiku 4.5 wins all five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 270M wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Haiku 4.5. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 270M wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 8 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.