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GLM-4.5vsSonar Pro

GLM-4.5 and Sonar Pro do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. GLM-4.5 is 6.4x cheaper per token. Sonar Pro has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
GLM-4.5
6.4x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Sonar Pro
200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · Perplexity
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Context
128K
Max out
98K
Input /1M
$0.6
Output /1M
$2.2
Cached /1M
$0.11
Scores
2 · 2 core
Sonar Pro
Perplexity · released 2025-01-21
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Context
200K
Max out
Input /1M
$3
Output /1M
$15
Cached /1M
Scores
1 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-4.5Sonar ProΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only GLM-4.5 reports · 2
AIME 202593.3% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1430.2 not reported
Only Sonar Pro reports · 1
SimpleQA F-scorenot reported85.8%
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 GLM-4.5 minus Sonar Pro 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

SpecGLM-4.5Sonar ProEdge
Context window128K tokens200K tokensSonar Pro
Max output98K tokens
Input price / 1M$0.6 $3 GLM-4.5
Output price / 1M$2.2 $15 GLM-4.5
Cached input / 1M$0.11
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$2.8$18GLM-4.5
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2025-01-21
Cited benchmark scores21
Reliability

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