Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Sonar
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index. Sonar costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 52.6.
- Sonar is cheaper at $1 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- GLM-5V-Turbo accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $1 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1441 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | — |
| LMArena French | 1444 | — |
| LMArena German | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Sonar?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index. Sonar costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Sonar?
Sonar is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Sonar better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5V-Turbo does, with 200K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.