Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs GLM-4.6V
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet 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 21.1.
- GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 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 | 30 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1390 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1368 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), GLM-4.6V: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1213 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1371 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | 1164 |
Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1359 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1425 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1352 |
Long Context GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1377 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1360 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than GLM-4.6V?
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or GLM-4.6V better for coding?
GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and GLM-4.6V share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.