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Claude Opus 4 vs ChatGLM-6B

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Z.ai
ChatGLM-6B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicZ.ai
Release dateMay 22 2025Mar 14 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
6B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
34%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapChatGLM-6B shipped 800 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or ChatGLM-6B?

Claude Opus 4 and ChatGLM-6B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. ChatGLM-6B shipped 800 days before Claude Opus 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4 is proprietary, while ChatGLM-6B is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4 and ChatGLM-6B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.

ChatGLM-6B was released by Z.ai on Mar 14 2023.

Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. ChatGLM-6B is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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