GLM-5 vs Claude Opus 4.5: Comprehensive Review
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This repository contains a comprehensive comparison review between GLM-5 (Zhipu AI's open-source model) and Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic's flagship model).
📄 Document
The main review document is available as a Word document:
🔑 Key Findings
Intelligence Index (Artificial Analysis)
| Model | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 70 |
| GLM-5 | 50 (Top Open-Weights) |
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
| Model | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 80.9% |
| GLM-5 | 77.8% |
Pricing ($/M tokens)
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| GLM-5 | $0.35 | $1.40 |
🏆 Key Takeaways
- Claude Opus 4.5 leads in overall intelligence and reasoning capabilities
- GLM-5 is the top-performing open-weights model
- GLM-5 wins on Humanity's Last Exam benchmark (50.4% vs 43.4%) ✅
- GLM-5 is ~14-16x cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5
- GLM-5 is open-source (MIT license) allowing local deployment
📊 Charts
The charts/ directory contains comparison visualizations:
- Benchmark comparison chart
- Coding capabilities comparison
- Pricing comparison
- Intelligence index comparison
- Radar chart for overall capabilities
- Model specifications
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📚 Sources
- Z.ai Official GLM-5 Blog: https://z.ai/blog/glm-5
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5
- Artificial Analysis: https://artificialanalysis.ai
- SWE-bench Leaderboard: https://www.swebench.com
- Reddit Discussions: r/LocalLLaMA, r/ClaudeCode
Review published: February 2026