Claude Sonnet 5 vs
GLM-5.2

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Models in this comparison

Provider identity and evidence state stay balanced across the pair.

A
Model type
Proprietary
Evidence state
Estimated evidence
Published context
1,000,000
VS
Z
Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Estimated evidence
Published context
1,000,000

Key implications

Insufficient shared-metric coverage. Each finding is tied to a published metric, price, context, or modality fact.

  1. Input API price: GLM-5.2 has the lower verified rate ($1.4 / 1M tokens vs $2 / 1M tokens).
  2. Output API price: GLM-5.2 has the lower verified rate ($4.4 / 1M tokens vs $10 / 1M tokens).

Shared metric view

A radar is shown only when at least four compatible supported score metrics are published.

Comparable metric detail

  • AgenticClaude Sonnet 5: 67.22 · GLM-5.2: 58.15
  • CodingClaude Sonnet 5: 70.73 · GLM-5.2: 64.95
  • KnowledgeClaude Sonnet 5: 84.6 · GLM-5.2: 81.2
  • MathClaude Sonnet 5: Unavailable · GLM-5.2: 80.7
  • MultimodalGroundedClaude Sonnet 5: 71.8 · GLM-5.2: Unavailable
  • OverallClaude Sonnet 5: 65.02 · GLM-5.2: 63.4

Source metrics

Friendly metric names and published units stay visible. Missing measurements remain unavailable rather than becoming a score.

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitClaude Sonnet 5GLM-5.2
Agenticscore67.2258.15
Codingscore70.7364.95
Knowledgescore84.681.2
MathscoreUnavailable80.7
MultimodalGroundedscore71.8Unavailable
Overallscore65.0263.4

Agentic

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
67.22
GLM-5.2
58.15

Coding

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
70.73
GLM-5.2
64.95

Knowledge

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
84.6
GLM-5.2
81.2

Math

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
Unavailable
GLM-5.2
80.7

MultimodalGrounded

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
71.8
GLM-5.2
Unavailable

Overall

Unit
score
Claude Sonnet 5
65.02
GLM-5.2
63.4

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitClaude Sonnet 5GLM-5.2
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$2$1.4
Cached input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$0.2Not verified
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokens$10$4.4
Route contexttokens1,000,0001,000,000
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
$2
GLM-5.2
$1.4

Cached input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
$0.2
GLM-5.2
Not verified

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
$10
GLM-5.2
$4.4

Route context

Unit
tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
1,000,000
GLM-5.2
1,000,000

Input modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Sonnet 5
Not verified
GLM-5.2
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Sonnet 5
Not verified
GLM-5.2
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • Claude Sonnet 5 — source benchlm · artifact models · model claude-sonnet-5
  • GLM-5.2 — source benchlm · artifact models · model glm-5-2
Selected price routes
  • Claude Sonnet 5 — route benchlm:claude-sonnet-5 · source benchlm · provider anthropic
  • GLM-5.2 — route benchlm:glm-5-2 · source benchlm · provider z-ai

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