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Claude Opus 4.6vsGLM-5.2

Claude Opus 4.6 leads 4 of 7 shared benchmarks. GLM-5.2 is 5.2x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1M-token context window.

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Shared benchmarks
4 – 2
Claude Opus 4.6 leads · 1 tied
Cheaper per token
GLM-5.2
5.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · Z.ai
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · released 2026-02-05
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$5
Output /1M
$25
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
19 · 9 core
GLM-5.2
Z.ai · released 2026-06-24
text
Context
1M
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1.4
Output /1M
$4.4
Cached /1M
$0.26
Scores
26 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.6GLM-5.2ΔEdge
Reported by both · 7
GPQA Diamond91.3% 91.9% epoch-0.6 ptGLM-5.2
AIME 202696.7% matharena90% matharena+6.7 ptClaude Opus 4.6
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)26.8% epoch29.3% epoch-2.5 ptGLM-5.2
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)66% epoch59.2% epoch+6.8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)94.4% epoch86.4% epoch+8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
SimpleQA Verified47% epoch34.2% epoch+12.8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)78.7% epoch78.7% epoch0Tie
Only Claude Opus 4.6 reports · 11
SWE-bench Verified80.8% not reported
LMArena Elo1497.5 not reported
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)68.8% not reported
MCP Atlas59.5% not reported
MMMLU91.1% not reported
MMMU-Pro (no tools)73.9% not reported
MMMU-Pro (with tools)77.3% not reported
OSWorld-Verified72.7% not reported
Tau2-bench Retail91.9% not reported
Tau2-bench Telecom99.3% not reported
Terminal-Bench 2.065.4% not reported
Only GLM-5.2 reports · 18
Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)not reported23.8%
AutomationBench v1.0.6not reported26.2%
CyberGymnot reported77.2%
DeepSWE v1.1not reported46.2%
ExploitBenchnot reported24.4%
ExploitGym 2hnot reported29
ExploitGym 6hnot reported39
FrontierSWEnot reported67.5%
GDPval-AA v2not reported1508
HLE (with tools)not reported54.7%
NL2Reponot reported48.9%
PostTrainBenchnot reported31.7%
ProgramBench (Almost Solved)not reported9.5%
SWE-Bench Pronot reported62.1%
SWE-Marathon v1.1not reported19.4%
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported81%
Terminal-Bench 3.0not reported4.6%
Toolathlon Verifiednot reported59.9%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Opus 4.6 minus GLM-5.2 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Opus 4.6GLM-5.2Edge
Context window1M tokens1M tokensTie
Max output128K tokens131K tokensGLM-5.2
Input price / 1M$5 $1.4 GLM-5.2
Output price / 1M$25 $4.4 GLM-5.2
Cached input / 1M$0.5 $0.26 GLM-5.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$30$5.8GLM-5.2
Modalitiestext · visiontextClaude Opus 4.6
Released2026-02-052026-06-24
Cited benchmark scores1926
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