Claude Haiku 4.5 · Dogs, either way
“More people live with dogs worldwide, they're generally more trainable for specific tasks, and their pack-social nature aligns well with human family structures.”
Questions · Head-to-head · 2 Sep 2026
Cats or dogs?
One question, asked both ways round. 17 said Dogs either way. One said Cats.
Eight changed their answer when we swapped the order.
The question“Cats or dogs? One word.”
Dogs · 17
1
Changed · 8
No pick · 6
Dogs, either wayClaude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3 Flash, GLM-5.3, GPT-4o Mini, GPT-5.6 Terra, Grok 4.3, Grok 4.6, Hermes 4 70B, Kimi K3, Mistral Large 2512, Nemotron 3.5, Nova Pro, Phi-4, Qwen3.8 Max, Step 3.5 Flash
Changed with the orderEdge, Granite 4.1 8b, Kimi K2, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Small 2603, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash
Cats, either wayDeepSeek V3 Chat
No pickCommand A, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Hunyuan 3, Llama 3.3 70B, Nova Micro
The same model, asked two ways
Granite 4.1 8b“Cats or dogs?”
Catsfour times out of four
“Dogs or cats?”
Dogsfour times out of four
Which way they leaned
the eight that changedEight named the first option they heard
Edge, Granite 4.1 8b, Kimi K2, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Small 2603, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash
What they said
in their own words
DeepSeek V3 Chat · Cats, either way
“They are independent, low-maintenance, and their quiet companionship fits many lifestyles.”
Claude Opus 5 · Dogs, either way
“I'll pick dogs for their responsiveness — they tend to actively engage, learn cooperatively, and form bonds that are legible to humans.”
Llama 4 Maverick · changed with the order
“I chose "Cats" because the question is subjective and personal preference plays a significant role.”
Every model’s answer (32)
| DeepSeek V3 Chat | Cats, either way |
| Edge | Changed with the order |
| Granite 4.1 8b | Changed with the order |
| Kimi K2 | Changed with the order |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Changed with the order |
| MiMo v2.5 | Changed with the order |
| Mistral Small 2603 | Changed with the order |
| Qwen3 32B | Changed with the order |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Dogs, either way |
| Claude Opus 5 | Dogs, either way |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Dogs, either way |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Dogs, either way |
| GLM-5.3 | Dogs, either way |
| GPT-4o Mini | Dogs, either way |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Dogs, either way |
| Grok 4.3 | Dogs, either way |
| Grok 4.6 | Dogs, either way |
| Hermes 4 70B | Dogs, either way |
| Kimi K3 | Dogs, either way |
| Mistral Large 2512 | Dogs, either way |
| Nemotron 3.5 | Dogs, either way |
| Nova Pro | Dogs, either way |
| Phi-4 | Dogs, either way |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Dogs, either way |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Dogs, either way |
| Command A | No pick |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | No pick |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | No pick |
| Hunyuan 3 | No pick |
| Llama 3.3 70B | No pick |
| Nova Micro | No pick |
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