Claude 3 Sonnet vs GLM-4.7-Flash Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and GLM-4.7-Flash across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GLM-4.7-Flash is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

GLM-4.7-Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GLM-4.7-Flash costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 42.9x more expensive than GLM-4.7-Flash ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 37.5x more expensive than GLM-4.7-Flash ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet is more expensive than GLM-4.7-Flash.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

GLM-4.7-Flash

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerUnknown Organization

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to GLM-4.7-Flash's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GLM-4.7-Flash is limited to 16,384 tokens.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

GLM-4.7-Flash

Input128,000 tokens

Output16,384 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas GLM-4.7-Flash does not.

Claude 3 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

GLM-4.7-Flash

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while GLM-4.7-Flash uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

GLM-4.7-Flash

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while GLM-4.7-Flash was released on 2026-01-19.

GLM-4.7-Flash is 23 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

GLM-4.7-Flash

Jan 19, 2026

1 months ago

1.9yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. GLM-4.7-Flash is available from ZAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.