Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM-4.6V

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.6V costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.6V in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 80.2 to 27.6.
  • GLM-4.6V is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for Claude Opus 5.5.
  • Claude Opus 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5 and GLM-4.6V specifications
Claude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
ProviderAnthropicZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index68.641.3
Released2026-09-222025-12-08
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M128K
Max output128K33K
Input $ / M tokens$4$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$20$0.90
Results tracked4412

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Coding15471390
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), GLM-4.6V: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Hard Prompts15351368
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 Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), GLM-4.6V: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
LMArena Math1506—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Expert15471371
GPQA Diamond90.6%—
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—

Multimodal Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Vision13211164
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Non-English15071359
LMArena Chinese15881425
LMArena Russian15201340
LMArena French1514—
LMArena Spanish1507—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Instruction Following15371352

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Longer Query15321358

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5GLM-4.6V
LMArena Text15151377
LMArena Creative Writing15331347
LMArena Multi-Turn14991360
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than GLM-4.6V?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.6V costs 18× 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-4.6V?

GLM-4.6V is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 and $20.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-4.6V better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 40.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and GLM-4.6V share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.

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