Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.6 leads with 40.6% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet offers 203.4K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.6. GLM-4.6 is $15.40 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, GLM-4.6 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.6 was introduced as an enhanced iteration of the GLM-4 series, designed to provide improved capabilities in bilingual language understanding and generation. Built to incorporate refinements to the GLM architecture, it represents continued advancement in Zhipu AI's model development.
1 year newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29
GLM-4.6
Zhipu AI
2025-09-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Sonnet
GLM-4.6
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet
GLM-4.6
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet
GLM-4.6

Claude 3 Sonnet
GLM-4.6
GLM-4.6
DeepInfra
ZeroEval