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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GLM 4.5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

GLM 4.5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
GLM 4.5
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Speed
Claude Sonnet 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.5GLM 4.5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.5GLM 4.5
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAnthropicZ-ai
ReleasedSep 2025Jul 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GLM 4.5 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

GLM 4.5 has cheaper input pricing at $0.60/M tokens. GLM 4.5 has cheaper output pricing at $2.20/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while GLM 4.5 has a 131,072 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports vision. GLM 4.5 does not support vision.