GLM-4vsClaude Opus 4
Zhipu AI vs Anthropic — Side-by-side model comparison
Head-to-Head Comparison
| Metric | GLM-4 | Claude Opus 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Arena Rank | — | #1 |
| Context Window | 128K | 200K |
| Input Pricing | Undisclosed/1M tokens | $5.00/1M tokens |
| Output Pricing | Undisclosed/1M tokens | $25.00/1M tokens |
| Parameters | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Best For | Chinese language tasks, reasoning, coding | Complex reasoning, coding, agentic tasks |
| Release Date | Jan 16, 2024 | May 22, 2025 |
GLM-4
GLM-4 is Zhipu AI's flagship multimodal model, one of the leading AI models developed in China. It supports text, image, and video understanding with strong performance on Chinese-language tasks while maintaining competitive English capabilities. GLM-4 powers Zhipu's ChatGLM assistant and is widely used across Chinese enterprises for customer service, content generation, and data analysis applications.
View Zhipu AI profile →Claude Opus 4
Claude Opus 4 is Anthropic's most powerful AI model, holding the #1 position on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard. It represents a breakthrough in extended thinking and agentic capabilities, able to work autonomously on complex multi-step tasks for hours. With a 200K token context window, it excels at analyzing entire codebases, lengthy legal documents, and research papers in a single pass. The model demonstrates exceptional performance in coding (setting new benchmarks on SWE-bench), advanced reasoning, and nuanced writing tasks. Its agentic capabilities allow it to use tools, navigate computers, and execute multi-step workflows with minimal human oversight. Opus 4 is the preferred choice for enterprises requiring the highest quality output on mission-critical tasks where accuracy and depth matter more than speed or cost.
View Anthropic profile →Key Differences: GLM-4 vs Claude Opus 4
Claude Opus 4 supports a larger context window (200K), allowing it to process longer documents in a single request.
When to use GLM-4
- +Your use case involves chinese language tasks, reasoning, coding
When to use Claude Opus 4
- +You need to process long documents (200K context)
- +Your use case involves complex reasoning, coding, agentic tasks
The Verdict
Claude Opus 4 wins our head-to-head comparison with 4 out of 5 category wins. It's the stronger choice for complex reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, though GLM-4 holds an edge in chinese language tasks, reasoning, coding.
Last compared: March 2026 · Data sourced from public benchmarks and official pricing pages