Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro vs Doubao 1.5 Pro Max: which model should you choose?
We compared Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro is a multimodal model from Anthropic. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $15.07 per million input tokens and $73.96 per million output tokens, and averages 80.8 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $15.07 / 1M
- Output
- $73.96 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 80.8
- Open weights
- No
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.93 per million input tokens and $73.69 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.93 / 1M
- Output
- $73.69 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $15.07 | $14.93 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $73.96 | $73.69 | B |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 400,000 | A |
| Max output | 8,192 | 4,096 | A |
| Average score | 80.8 | 81.2 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1436.2 | 1447.5 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro wins 3, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 9, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.5 | 81.1 | 0.4 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.7 | 76.1 | 0.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.4 | 70.7 | 0.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| HumanEval | 86.0 | 84.0 | 2.0 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro |
| MATH-500 | 83.7 | 85.3 | 1.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| AIME 2025 | 80.1 | 80.4 | 0.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 72.4 | 73.5 | 1.1 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| IFEval | 90.1 | 90.2 | 0.1 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| TruthfulQA | 84.1 | 84.4 | 0.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| HellaSwag | 89.3 | 87.8 | 1.5 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro |
| MMMU | 75.3 | 79.3 | 4.0 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| Arena Elo | 1436.2 | 1447.5 | 11.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro costs about $29.79 per million tokens and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max costs about $29.62. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is roughly 1% cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 400,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro wins 3, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 9, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max leads Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro by 0.4 points (81.2 versus 80.8).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. The context picture favours Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro if
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 8,192-token output limit.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Max if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
FAQ
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro better than Doubao 1.5 Pro Max?
On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max leads Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro by 0.4 points (81.2 versus 80.8). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro wins 3 benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 9.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro or Doubao 1.5 Pro Max?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $29.62 per million tokens, versus $29.79 for Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro.
Which has the larger context window?
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has 400,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Claude Haiku 4.5 Pro is proprietary; Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.