Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs Z.ai: GLM 5
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against Z.ai: GLM 5 by Zhipu AI, context windows of 200K vs 203K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Z.ai: GLM 5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Z.ai: GLM 5 is 5.9x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Z.ai: GLM 5
Input
$0.80
3.8× cheaper
Output
$2.56
5.9× cheaper
Z.ai: GLM 5 is cheaper on both — 3.8× input, 5.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
Z.ai: GLM 5 uses 18.9x more bold
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Z.ai: GLM 5
66%Vocabulary54%
74wSentence Length17w
0.72Hedging0.37
0.3Bold6.3
8.9Lists4.7
0.00Emoji0.00
0.06Headings0.60
0.09Transitions0.18
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