Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 4.6% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 was created as the balanced offering in the Claude 4 family, designed to provide strong intelligence with practical speed and cost efficiency. Built to serve as a versatile workhorse for diverse applications, it balances advanced capabilities with operational considerations for everyday enterprise and consumer use.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5 Air was created as a lightweight variant of GLM-4.5, designed to provide strong bilingual capabilities with improved efficiency. Built to serve applications requiring practical deployment with reduced resource requirements, it extends GLM-4.5's multilingual strengths to resource-conscious scenarios.
2 months newer

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.5-Air
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.5-Air
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.5-Air

Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.5-Air
GLM-4.5-Air