Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 11.5% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 131.4K more tokens in context window than GLM-4.6. GLM-4.6 is $15.40 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.6 is a multimodal language model developed by Zhipu AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.2% across 7 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (93.9%), LiveCodeBench v6 (82.8%), GPQA (81.0%). It supports a 197K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Zhipu AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
4 months newer
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
GLM-4.6
Zhipu AI
2025-09-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.6
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 11 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.6
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.6
Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.6
GLM-4.6
DeepInfra
ZeroEval