Claude Sonnet 4vsGLM-4.5-Air
Claude Sonnet 4 | GLM-4.5-Air | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 106B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given 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. | 30% | — |
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. | 72.7%Best | 59.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 75.4% | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Release date | May 22 2025 | Jul 28 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or GLM-4.5-Air?
Claude Sonnet 4 leads GLM-4.5-Air on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 67 days before GLM-4.5-Air, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary, while GLM-4.5-Air is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Sonnet 4 leads at 72.7% vs GLM-4.5-Air at 59.8%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
GLM-4.5-Air was released by Z.ai on Jul 28 2025.
Claude Sonnet 4 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Sonnet 4 72.7% vs GLM-4.5-Air 59.8%.
Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. GLM-4.5-Air is an open weight model released by Z.ai.
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