Claude 3.5 SonnetvsGLM-5
Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one. | — | 744B |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $1.00 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $3.20 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.20 |
| Benchmarks | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 45% | 28% |
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real 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. | 33.4% | 77.8% |
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 59.4% | 86% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
SWE-Bench MultilingualMultilingual coding — Like SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | — | 73.3% |
Terminal-Bench 2.0Agentic terminal coding — Can 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. | — | 56.2% |
BrowseCompWeb browsing — Can the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 75.9% |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity'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. | — | 50.4% |
Arena Elo (Code)Community preference (code) — Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | — | 1435 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Release date | Jun 20 2024 | Feb 12 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Frequently asked questions
GLM-5 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet on 2 of the 3 benchmarks they both report (BullshitBench v2, SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Only GLM-5 has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 602 days before GLM-5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is proprietary, while GLM-5 is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads at 45% vs GLM-5 at 28%. On SWE-Bench Verified, GLM-5 leads at 77.8% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 33.4%. On GPQA Diamond, GLM-5 leads at 86% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 59.4%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
GLM-5 was released by Z.ai on Feb 12 2026.
GLM-5 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Sonnet 33.4% vs GLM-5 77.8%.
GLM-5 leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3.5 Sonnet 59.4% vs GLM-5 86%.
Only GLM-5 has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-5 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.