# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GLM-5.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-5.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Sonnet 4.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.3 leads overall 65.44 to 56.28.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 43.1 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 67.4 for GLM-5.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is CyberGym in Agentic, with scores of 65.2% and 84.5%.
- GLM-5.3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5.3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 56.28 | 65.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.1 (Supported · #51/117)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | 84.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | 71.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 15.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #46/142)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | 80.5% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | 95.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 58% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 19.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 30.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.1 (#35/50)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #53/168)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 88.1% | GLM-5.3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | 86.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.6 (#88/124)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-5.3?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 43.1 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 67.4 for GLM-5.3.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.3 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.3 currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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