Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GLM-4.7

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.8's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic

60.7

Rank #13 Confirmed

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-4.7 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 4.8 leads 64.7 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 69% for Claude Opus 4.8 and 6% for GLM-4.7.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 4.8.
  • Claude Opus 4.8 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-4.7 specifications
Claude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
ProviderAnthropicZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index60.742.0
Released2026-05-282025-12-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M205K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$25$2.20
Results tracked6536

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 59.9 (#12), GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena WebDev15561435
SciCode53.5%45.1%
LMArena Coding14901454
ALE-Bench1,564399.48
DeepSWE59%—
FrontierCode46.5%—
GSO47.1%—
WeirdML82.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 47.6 (#11), GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
Vending-Bench 25,7872,377
Terminal-Bench—33.4%
APEX-Agents48.9%—
OSWorld 2.020.6%—
Remote Labor Index8.3%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
DeepResearch Bench50.2%—
PostTrainBench33.8%—
GBAEval70.9%—
GDP.pdf24%—
LMArena Search1204—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 64.7 (#16), GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
SimpleBench64.8%47.7%
CritPt20.9%1.7%
Chess Puzzles34%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14821443
Epoch Capabilities Index158.21143.51
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.1%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
EnigmaEval23.5%—
EBR-Bench28.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles36%—
DTBench94.9%—
LMCA57.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench87.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
ForecastBench59.9—

Math Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 78.4 (#13), GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135)

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 61.3 (#29), GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
GPQA Diamond91%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified53%32.2%
LMArena Expert15021424
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.8: 42.9 (#26), GLM-4.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena Vision1294—
Blueprint-Bench 214.5%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1475—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 55.2 (#33), GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena Non-English14501417
LMArena Chinese15071495
LMArena French14811432
LMArena German14721424
LMArena Japanese14401439
LMArena Korean14321399
LMArena Russian14741423
LMArena Spanish14661434

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 77.4 (#24), GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14761411

Long Context Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 45.4 (#35), GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena Longer Query14831432
CL-bench—15.9%
CL-bench Life—10.9%

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 72.0 (#16), GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8GLM-4.7
LMArena Text14611435
LMArena Creative Writing14541401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401413
LMArena Multi-Turn14761446
EQ-Bench 41281—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.8 better than GLM-4.7?

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.8's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.8 lists at $5 and $25.

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or GLM-4.7 better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.9 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 4.8 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-4.7 share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.8 has 65 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.7 has 36.

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