# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GLM-4.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-4.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-glm-4-7
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.7 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads overall 55.89 to 48.85.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 48 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 82.8 for GLM-4.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 49% and 24.8%.
- GLM-4.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 55.89 | 48.85 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #55/128)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 31.6 (Estimated · #91/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | 41% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 39.95% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 52% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 15.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #54/150)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #72/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | 73.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | 58.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | 41.0% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | 82.2% | GLM-4.7 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | 69.4% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 74.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/184)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 44.1 (Supported · #100/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 85.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 84.3% | GLM-4.7 |
| HLE | 49% | 24.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 80.1% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | 82.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: 82.8 (#54/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GLM-4.7?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-4.7?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 48 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 82.8 for GLM-4.7.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-4.7 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-4.7 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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