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GLM-5.1vsSonar
GLM-5.1 and Sonar do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Sonar is 2.9x cheaper per token. GLM-5.1 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
Sonar
2.9x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GLM-5.1
200K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · Perplexity
GLM-5.1
Z.ai · released 2026-04-07
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 7 only GLM-5.1 · 1 only Sonar| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Sonar | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only GLM-5.1 reports · 7 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 89.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1462.4 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 36.8% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 74.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Sonar reports · 1 | ||||
| SimpleQA F-score | not reported | 77.3% ↗ | — | — |
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 GLM-5.1 minus Sonar 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GLM-5.1 | Sonar | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 128K tokens | GLM-5.1 |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.4 ↗ | $1 ↗ | Sonar |
| Output price / 1M | $4.4 ↗ | $1 ↗ | Sonar |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.26 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $5.8 | $2 | Sonar |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-07 | 2025-01-21 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 7 | 1 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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