# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GLM-5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-glm-5
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 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 56.13 to 54.26.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 46.6 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 87.2 for GLM-5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SuperGPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 95% and 66.8%.
- GLM-5 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-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 56.13 | 54.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 36 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.1 (Supported · #51/117)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 37.6 (Estimated · #58/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | 56.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | 57.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | 43.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 50.99% | 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 |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 31.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47 (Supported · #48/143)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #64/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | 77.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | 62.8% | GLM-5 |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | 74.8% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.1 (#35/50)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.8 (Supported · #54/169)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #73/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 86% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | 66.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 85.7% | GLM-5 |
| HLE | 49% | 50.4% | GLM-5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.7 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.6 (#88/124)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 87.2 (#32/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.5 (#7/7)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | 16.434% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | 2.100% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GLM-5?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 46.6 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 87.2 for GLM-5.

### 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 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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