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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 in real side-by-side tests: 2 posts from X where both got the same prompt; 1 post reports cost or time. Judge coding ability from the actual outputs.

Posts

2

Same prompt, separate runs

1

Not a controlled comparison: prompts, tools and time differ.

Summary

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 appear together in 2 posts on X: self-playing Tetris, 3 Claude models (@ka1manov) and Rubik's cube, 3 Claude models (@ka1manov). All are part of larger lineups with other models. In @ka1manov's Rubik's cube, 3 Claude models, Claude Sonnet 5.5 was faster (4.6 min vs 4.8 min), as reported in the post.

What each post reports

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5: cost, time and tokens as stated in each post
PostModelTimeCostTokensOriginal
Self-playing Tetris, 3 Claude models@ka1manovClaude Sonnet 5.5———X post
Self-playing Tetris, 3 Claude models@ka1manovClaude Haiku 4.5———X post
Rubik's cube, 3 Claude models@ka1manovClaude Sonnet 5.54.6 min——X post
Rubik's cube, 3 Claude models@ka1manovClaude Haiku 4.54.8 min——X post

Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.

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