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Claude 3.5 SonnetvsGLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GLM-5.3-Flash is 27.7x cheaper per token. GLM-5.3-Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5.3-Flash
27.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GLM-5.3-Flash
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · Z.ai
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic · released 2024-10-22
textvision
Context
200K
Max out
8K
Input /1M
$3
Output /1M
$15
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
4 · 4 core
GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai · released 2026-09-16
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$0.15
Output /1M
$0.5
Cached /1M
$0.03
Scores
19 · 6 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetGLM-5.3-FlashΔEdge
Reported by both · 2
GPQA Diamond55.3% epoch90.2% epoch-34.9 ptGLM-5.3-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)8.5% epoch93.9% epoch-85.4 ptGLM-5.3-Flash
Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet reports · 2
SWE-bench Verified49% not reported
AIME 20253.3% matharenanot reported
Only GLM-5.3-Flash reports · 17
LMArena Elonot reported1471.9
Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)not reported26.3%
AutomationBench v1.0.6not reported48.8%
BabyVisionnot reported53.4%
Chartography (with tools)not reported78%
CharXiv Reasoning (with tools)not reported89.4%
DeepSWE v1.1not reported63.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported17.1% epoch
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported55.8% epoch
GDPval-AA v2not reported1773
HLE (with tools)not reported55.3%
MMVUnot reported80.5%
MVBenchnot reported77.8%
NL2Reponot reported56.3%
OfficeQA Pronot reported62.4%
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported84.3%
Toolathlon Verifiednot reported78.4%
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 3.5 Sonnet minus GLM-5.3-Flash 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 3.5 SonnetGLM-5.3-FlashEdge
Context window200K tokens1M tokensGLM-5.3-Flash
Max output8K tokens131K tokensGLM-5.3-Flash
Input price / 1M$3 $0.15 GLM-5.3-Flash
Output price / 1M$15 $0.5 GLM-5.3-Flash
Cached input / 1M$0.3 $0.03 GLM-5.3-Flash
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$18$0.65GLM-5.3-Flash
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2024-10-222026-09-16
Cited benchmark scores419
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