Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs GLM-4.6 (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs GLM-4.6 (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
Z AIGLM-4.6 (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
18.50
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5 (Medium)GLM-4.6 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.818.5−58.7% GLM-4.6 (Reasoning) is 58.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.14s79.51s+505.1% GLM-4.6 (Reasoning) is 505.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.55 / $2.20
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