Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GLM-5: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

CharacteristicClaude Sonnet 4.6GLM-5
CompanyAnthropicZhipu AI
Release DateFebruary 17, 2026February 10, 2026
Parameters744B
MultimodalYesNo
Context (input)200K200K
Context (output)64K128K
Input Price / 1M$3.00
Output Price / 1M$15.00$0.00
Average Score0.70.7
Benchmarks
SWE-bench Verified0.80.8

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.6
GLM-5
SWE-bench Verified0.8 vs 0.8
0.8
0.8

Verdict

Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Claude Sonnet 4.6 — 0.7, GLM-5 — 0.7.

Programming

On SWE-Bench, both models are nearly equal: Claude Sonnet 4.6 — 0.8, GLM-5 — 0.8.

Context Window

Same context size: 200K tokens.

Recency

Both models were released around the same time: 2/17/2026 and 2/10/2026.

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