Data verified: Aug 30, 2026, 12:34 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Data verified: Aug 30, 2026, 12:34 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Price, context and performance head to head. Data synced from the provider catalog.
Cheaper
GLM 5
Larger context
Claude Opus 4.6
Faster
GLM 5
Higher quality
Claude Opus 4.6
| Feature | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Tier | Flagship | Mid-tier |
| Input per 1M tokens | $5 | $0.6 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $25 | $1.92 |
| Cached input per 1M | $0.5 | $0.12 |
| Context window | 1M | 204.8K |
| Intelligence index | — | — |
| Coding index | — | — |
| Agentic index | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 1 | 1 |
| Tau-bench (airline) | 1 | 1 |
| Speed | Slow | Standard |
| Vision (image input) | Yes | No |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
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GLM 5 saves $82.4/mo vs Claude Opus 4.6
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A token is the unit an AI model processes: usually between half a word and a full word. Rule of thumb: 1,000 tokens ≈ 750 English words. A 20-word sentence is about 26 tokens; a 300-word email is around 400. Models charge for input tokens (your prompt) and output tokens (their answer) separately.