Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GLM-4.7-Flash
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 41× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.7-Flash in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 46.1 to 20.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 85.8% for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 58.3% for GLM-4.7-Flash.
- GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
- GLM-4.7-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | 2026-01-19 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 57 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.3 (#67), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1383 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.2% | — |
| DeepSWE | 29.9% | — |
| FrontierCode | 24.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | — |
| SciCode | 46.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 66.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,327 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#28), GLM-4.7-Flash: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 53.4% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 43% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 9.3% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 54.9% | — |
| OSWorld | 72.1% | — |
| ExploitBench | 23.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 48.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1221 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 7,204 | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.1 (#45), GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 13% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1484 | 1356 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.5% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 76.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 16% | — |
| DTBench | 89.9% | — |
| LMCA | 46.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.24 | — |
| ForecastBench | 62 | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 52.9 (#49), GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 85.8% | 58.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1462 | 1355 |
| ProofBench | 45% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 32.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 8.3% | — |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.7 (#65), GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.4% | 60.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.6% | 9.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1500 | 1357 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 35.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#68), GLM-4.7-Flash: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1283 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1482 | — |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.4 (#41), GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1330 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1403 |
| LMArena French | 1465 | 1332 |
| LMArena German | 1428 | 1337 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1283 |
| LMArena Russian | 1440 | 1332 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1464 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1420 | — |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.4 (#25), GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1475 | 1327 |
Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#44), GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | 1345 |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.2 (#22), GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GLM-4.7-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1351 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | 1297 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1810 | 1125 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | 1342 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1207 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than GLM-4.7-Flash?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7-Flash costs 41× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GLM-4.7-Flash?
GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 4.6 lists at $3 and $15.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GLM-4.7-Flash better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GLM-4.7-Flash share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7-Flash has 21.