Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.6 leads with 7.3% 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, GLM-4.6 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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-4.6 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.
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 4 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4
GLM-4.6
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

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