Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) vs GLM-4.7
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | Z.ai GLM-4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Release date | Oct 22 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. | 49% | 73.8%Best |
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. | — | 85.7% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 426 days before GLM-4.7 | |
Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) or GLM-4.7?
GLM-4.7 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 426 days before GLM-4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is proprietary, while GLM-4.7 is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-4.7 leads at 73.8% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) at 49%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
GLM-4.7 was released by Z.ai on Dec 22 2025.
GLM-4.7 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) 49% vs GLM-4.7 73.8%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.7 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.
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