Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 4 Sonnet
52
GLM-5
77
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude 4 Sonnet unranked · GLM-5 #12
Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Coding
+9.5 difference
Claude 4 Sonnet
GLM-5
$null / $null
$0 / $0
40 t/s
74 t/s
1.33s
1.64s
200K
200K
Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
GLM-5 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 77 to 52. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GLM-5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 77 to 52. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 72.7% and 77.8%.
Claude 4 Sonnet has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72.7 versus 63.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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