Claude 3 Sonnet vs GLM-4.7
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet | Z.ai GLM-4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Dec 22 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Context window | — | 128k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 73.8% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 41% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 52% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | — | 24.8% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 42.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | 85.7%Best |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 658 days before GLM-4.7 | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or GLM-4.7?
GLM-4.7 leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 658 days before GLM-4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3 Sonnet is proprietary, while GLM-4.7 is open weight.
On GPQA Diamond, GLM-4.7 leads at 85.7% vs Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
GLM-4.7 was released by Z.ai on Dec 22 2025.
GLM-4.7 leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs GLM-4.7 85.7%.
Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.7 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.
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