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Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM-5V-Turbo

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5V-Turbo costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.8

Rank #84 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 91.8 to 39.4.
  • GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper at $1.20 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for Claude Opus 5.5.
  • Claude Opus 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
ProviderAnthropicZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index68.643.8
Released2026-09-222026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M200K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$4$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$20$4
Results tracked4419

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena WebDev18131401
LMArena Coding15471466
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), GLM-5V-Turbo: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts15351443
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LMCA68.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Math15061441
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Expert15471452
GPQA Diamond90.6%—
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—

Multimodal Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Vision13211264
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—
LMArena Document—1416

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Non-English15071420
LMArena Chinese15881488
LMArena French15141444
LMArena Russian15201431
LMArena Spanish15071450
LMArena German—1423
LMArena Korean—1396

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following15371423

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Longer Query15321438

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Text15151437
LMArena Creative Writing15331416
LMArena Multi-Turn14991432
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5V-Turbo costs 4.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5V-Turbo?

GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 and $20.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 42.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.

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