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  5. Claude Opus 4vsGLM 5 Turbo
Updated Mar 2026

Claude Opus 4vsGLM 5 Turbo

GLM 5 Turbo is cheaper than Claude Opus 4 at $0.96/M vs $15/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4 and GLM 5 Turbo compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4GLM 5 Turbo
Input price$15/M tokens$0.96/M tokens
Output price$75/M tokens$3.2/M tokens
Context window200K tokens203K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Mar 2026
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4
Claude Opus 4
GLM 5 Turbo
GLM 5 TurboRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4 has the edge: bigger model tier, major provider backing.

GLM 5 Turbo takes Image Generation. GLM 5 Turbo costs 23x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
GLM 5 Turbo
Input
$0.96
16× cheaper
Output
$3.20
23× cheaper

GLM 5 Turbo is cheaper on both: 16× input, 23× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Claude Opus 41 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$15.00 in·$75.00 out·200k·100% up
GLM 5 Turbo1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Z.ai$1.20 in·$4.00 out·203k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
30%

Claude Opus 4 uses 118.4x more emoji

Claude Opus 4
GLM 5 Turbo
65%Vocabulary54%
57wSentence Length18w
0.67Hedging0.24
3.8Bold4.0
6.8Lists3.0
1.18Emoji0.00
1.42Headings0.72
0.22Transitions0.17
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
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