Claude Opus 4.6vsGLM 5
Claude Opus 4.6 wins 66% of 66 blind community votes against GLM 5 on Rival.
| Spec | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 66% | 35% |
| Input price | $5/M tokens | $0.8/M tokens |
| Output price | $25/M tokens | $2.56/M tokens |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 203K tokens |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 77.8% |
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6Winner
GLM 5Runner-up
Pick Claude Opus 4.6. In 66 blind votes, Claude Opus 4.6 wins 66% of the time. That's not luck.
Claude Opus 4.6 wins 3 categories, Web Design by the widest margin. GLM 5 costs 9.8x less per token.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.6
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
GLM 5
Input
$0.80
6.3× cheaper
Output
$2.56
9.8× cheaper
GLM 5 is cheaper on both — 6.3× input, 9.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Claude Opus 4.6 uses 20.7x more emoji
Claude Opus 4.6
GLM 5
53%Vocabulary54%
35wSentence Length17w
0.68Hedging0.37
5.2Bold6.3
2.9Lists4.7
0.21Emoji0.00
1.34Headings0.60
0.03Transitions0.18
Based on 23 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
Common questions
Keep exploring
