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Claude Sonnet 4.5vsGLM-5

GLM-5 leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. GLM-5 is 4.3x cheaper per token. Both offer a 200K-token context window.

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 6
GLM-5 leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5
4.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · Z.ai
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic · released 2025-09-29
textvision
Context
200K
Max out
64K
Input /1M
$3
Output /1M
$15
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
21 · 10 core
GLM-5
Z.ai
text
Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.5GLM-5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 6
SWE-bench Verified77.2% 77.8% -0.6 ptGLM-5
GPQA Diamond83.4% 87.8% epoch-4.4 ptGLM-5
AIME 202584.2% matharena96.7% matharena-12.5 ptGLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)77.8% epoch80% epoch-2.2 ptGLM-5
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)71.3% epoch72.1% epoch-0.8 ptGLM-5
Terminal-Bench 2.051% 56.2% -5.2 ptGLM-5
Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 reports · 14
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)17.7% not reported
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)13.6% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)2.4% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)23.9% epochnot reported
GDPval-AA1276 not reported
Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)33.6% not reported
MCP Atlas43.8% not reported
MMMLU89.5% not reported
MMMU-Pro (no tools)63.4% not reported
MMMU-Pro (with tools)68.9% not reported
OSWorld-Verified61.4% not reported
SimpleQA Verified30.7% epochnot reported
Tau2-bench Retail86.2% not reported
Tau2-bench Telecom98% not reported
Only GLM-5 reports · 2
AIME 2026not reported96.7% matharena
LMArena Elonot reported1446.3
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 Sonnet 4.5 minus GLM-5 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 Sonnet 4.5GLM-5Edge
Context window200K tokens200K tokensTie
Max output64K tokens131K tokensGLM-5
Input price / 1M$3 $1 GLM-5
Output price / 1M$15 $3.2 GLM-5
Cached input / 1M$0.3 $0.2 GLM-5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$18$4.2GLM-5
Modalitiestext · visiontextClaude Sonnet 4.5
Released2025-09-29
Cited benchmark scores218
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