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Claude Opus 4.5 vs GLM 5

Head to head on 23 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Claude Opus 4.5

Anthropic

61.3%1683elo73.120.7%81.0%13.2%43.0%83.5%78.1%79.7%74.4%62.5%81.3%90.4%80.1%47.0%70.7%79.2%74.3%61.840.9%20.6%86.3%62.7%16.7%35.6%6.1%--84.7%12.13-83.8%-73.8%-45.2%83.2%88.9%68.7%100.0%37.436.0%77.5%45.0%45.3-62.2%
GLM 5

Zai

62.9%1598elo70.916.4%66.6%7.6%55.2%82.7%71.2%73.6%67.9%55.3%77.5%83.5%69.1%38.3%69.7%72.8%70.0%61.1239.4%23.4%97.4%----7.9%24.7%--97.9-48395-65.2%----------73.356.4%
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AttributeClaude Opus 4.5

Anthropic

GLM 5

Zai

DescriptionClaude Opus 4.5 is an AI model from Anthropic.GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights.
FamilyClaudeGlm
Params--
Open weightsclosedopen
Licenseproprietarymit
Released24 Nov 202511 Feb 2026
Context200,000204,800
Input $/1M$5.00$1.00
Output $/1M$25.00$3.20
Cache read $/1M$0.500$0.120
Cache write $/1M$6.250-
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiesfile, image, texttext
Providers--
PublisherAnthropicZai
Reported scores

FAQ

Is Claude Opus 4.5 or GLM 5 better?
Across the 23 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Opus 4.5 leads on 19 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do Claude Opus 4.5 and GLM 5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
Claude Opus 4.5 scores 81.0% and GLM 5 scores 66.6% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or GLM 5?
GLM 5 is cheaper at $3.20 per million output tokens against $25.00 for Claude Opus 4.5 - about 7.8x.
When were Claude Opus 4.5 and GLM 5 released?
Claude Opus 4.5 was released 24 Nov 2025 by Anthropic. GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai.

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