Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.6 leads with 1.7% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4.1 offers 35.4K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.6. GLM-4.6 is $87.40 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 represents an iteration within the Claude 4 Opus line, built to deliver refined performance in complex reasoning and analysis tasks. Developed as part of Anthropic's flagship tier, it incorporates improvements to the foundational capabilities that define the Opus family of models.
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.
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Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
GLM-4.6
Zhipu AI
2025-09-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Opus 4.1
GLM-4.6
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.1
GLM-4.6
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Opus 4.1
GLM-4.6
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Opus 4.1
GLM-4.6

Claude Opus 4.1
GLM-4.6
GLM-4.6
DeepInfra
ZeroEval