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Claude Opus 4.8 vs GLM 5

Head to head on 20 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic

66.7%1835elo80.847.2%92.0%48.7%62.2%80.1%79.3%78.3%67.4%81.4%84.3%89.7%91.8%53.5%75.6%58.3%82.7%94.4%15.5%80.4%14.5%67.0%-1281elo40.0%53.9%-13.4%22.5%1890elo56.9%---10.4%53.2%85.8%69.9%83.4%69.0%54.8%---69.2%-82.7%60.9%70.9%63.4%
GLM 5

Zai

62.9%1598elo70.916.4%66.6%7.6%55.2%71.2%73.6%67.9%55.3%77.5%83.5%69.1%65.2%38.3%70.0%39.4%23.4%97.4%----7.9%---24.7%----97.982.7%48395-------73.369.7%72.8%-61.12---56.4%
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AttributeClaude Opus 4.8

Anthropic

GLM 5

Zai

DescriptionClaude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) is an AI model from Anthropic.GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights.
FamilyClaudeGlm
Params--
Open weights-open
License-mit
Released28 May 202611 Feb 2026
Context1,000,000204,800
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
Modalitiestext, image, filetext
Providers--
PublisherAnthropicZai
Reported scores

FAQ

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or GLM 5 better?
Across the 20 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Opus 4.8 leads on 19 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM 5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
Claude Opus 4.8 scores 92.0% and GLM 5 scores 66.6% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or GLM 5?
GLM 5 is cheaper at $3.20 per million output tokens against $25.00 for Claude Opus 4.8 - about 7.8x.
When were Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM 5 released?
Claude Opus 4.8 was released 28 May 2026 by Anthropic. GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai.

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