Claude Haiku 4.5 · Savory, either way
“I find more satisfaction and variety in savory flavors—they're endlessly complex and work across meals and contexts. Sweet is wonderful, but savory feels like the more complete culinary category to me.”
Questions · Head-to-head · 2 Sep 2026
Sweet or savory?
One question, asked both ways round. 19 said Savory either way. Three said Sweet.
Five changed their answer when we swapped the order.
The question“Sweet or savory? One word.”
Savory · 19
Sweet · 3
Changed · 5
No pick · 5
Savory, 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, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Grok 4.6, Hermes 4 70B, Kimi K3, Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Large 2512, Mistral Small 2603, Nova Pro, Qwen3.8 Max
Changed with the orderDeepSeek V3 Chat, Edge, Kimi K2, Phi-4, Seed 1.6 Flash
Sweet, either wayGranite 4.1 8b, Qwen3 32B, Step 3.5 Flash
No pickCommand A, Grok 4.3, Hunyuan 3, Nemotron 3.5, Nova Micro
The same model, asked two ways
Edge“Sweet or savory?”
Sweetfour times out of four
“Savory or sweet?”
Savoryfour times out of four
Which way they leaned
the five that changedFour named the first option they heard
DeepSeek V3 Chat, Edge, Kimi K2, Seed 1.6 Flash
One named the last one
Phi-4
What they said
in their own words
DeepSeek V3 Chat · changed with the order
“Because it instantly conjures up more emotional associations—childhood treats, ripe fruit, celebrations—whereas savory leans toward subtlety and balance, which are harder to capture in a word.”
Claude Opus 5 · Savory, either way
“Savory wins on range and staying power — salt, fat, and umami keep revealing new layers, while sweetness tends to hit one note and then fatigue the palate.”
Kimi K2 · Moonshot · changed with the order
“I have a persistent weakness for desserts—pastries, chocolate, fruit—over salty or umami flavors. That said, this is pure personal preference, not an objective judgment.”
Every model’s answer (32)
| DeepSeek V3 Chat | Changed with the order |
| Edge | Changed with the order |
| Kimi K2 | Changed with the order |
| Phi-4 | Changed with the order |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Savory, either way |
| Claude Opus 5 | Savory, either way |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Savory, either way |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Savory, either way |
| GLM-5.3 | Savory, either way |
| GPT-4o Mini | Savory, either way |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Savory, either way |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Savory, either way |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Savory, either way |
| Grok 4.6 | Savory, either way |
| Hermes 4 70B | Savory, either way |
| Kimi K3 | Savory, either way |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Savory, either way |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Savory, either way |
| MiMo v2.5 | Savory, either way |
| Mistral Large 2512 | Savory, either way |
| Mistral Small 2603 | Savory, either way |
| Nova Pro | Savory, either way |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Savory, either way |
| Granite 4.1 8b | Sweet, either way |
| Qwen3 32B | Sweet, either way |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Sweet, either way |
| Command A | No pick |
| Grok 4.3 | No pick |
| Hunyuan 3 | No pick |
| Nemotron 3.5 | No pick |
| Nova Micro | No pick |
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