Claude Sonnet 5 vs GLM-5.2: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Sonnet 5 and GLM-5.2 releases: 6 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 8 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Sonnet 5 scores highest: Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 38, against GLM-5.2 (max) at 34 for GLM-5.2.
- For output speed, GLM-5.2 is fastest: GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning) at 150 t/s, against Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 84 t/s for Claude Sonnet 5.
- For cost per task, Claude Sonnet 5 is cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) at $0.51, against GLM-5.2 (max) at $0.96 for GLM-5.2.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) |  Anthropic | 38 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 50 | $5.09 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $6,998 | 118k | 88k | 367M | 84 | 195.83s | 195.83s | 201.79s | 877.37s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort) | Anthropic | 35 | 38 | 37 | 39 | - | 36 | 46 | $2.87 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $3,255 | 65k | 44k | 135M | 62 | 22.30s | 22.30s | 30.37s | 672.64s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GLM-5.2 (max) |  Z AI | 34 | 34 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 46 | $0.96 | $0.9 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | $1,559 | 64k | 51k | 178M | 73 | 8.15s | 35.51s | 42.35s | 833.72s | 753B 40B active at inference time | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +16 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | - | 32 | 42 | $1.79 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $2,086 | 44k | 28k | 89M | 58 | 2.30s | 2.30s | 10.90s | 460.65s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 1.08s | 1.08s | 9.72s | - | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) | Anthropic | 28 | 31 | 31 | 32 | - | 29 | 38 | $1.00 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $1,218 | 27k | 15k | 51M | 57 | 1.50s | 1.50s | 10.34s | 285.97s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | - | 26 | 34 | $0.51 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $653 | 15k | 7k | 25M | 56 | 1.21s | 1.21s | 10.17s | 161.65s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning) | Z AI | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.9 | $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | - | - | - | - | 150 | 1.71s | 1.71s | 5.06s | - | 753B 40B active at inference time | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text |   +4 | |||