Model comparison
Claude 3 Opus vs GLM-4.6V
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.6V in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.6V leads 38.0 to 24.5.
- GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 41.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2025-12-08 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.90 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 32.9 (#267), GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | 1390 |
| WeirdML | 19.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.6 (#116), GLM-4.6V: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.6 (#324), GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1245 | 1368 |
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 17% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 14.8 (#299), GLM-4.6V: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1273 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#267), GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1371 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 27.1 (#116), GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | 1164 |
Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 41.4 (#207), GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | 1359 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | 1425 |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1275 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 64.1 (#228), GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1352 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |
Long Context GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#202), GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Opus: 47.2 (#213), GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | 1377 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1360 |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Opus better than GLM-4.6V?
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Opus or GLM-4.6V better for coding?
GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and GLM-4.6V share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.