Claude Sonnet 4 vs GLM-4.7 Comparison

Comparing Claude Sonnet 4 and GLM-4.7 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (Terminal-Bench), while GLM-4.7 is better at 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, SWE-Bench Verified).

GLM-4.7 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GLM-4.7 costs less

For input processing, Claude Sonnet 4 ($3.00/1M tokens) is 5.0x more expensive than GLM-4.7 ($0.60/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Sonnet 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 6.8x more expensive than GLM-4.7 ($2.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Sonnet 4 is more expensive than GLM-4.7.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Sonnet 4

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

GLM-4.7

Input tokens$0.60

Output tokens$2.20

Best providerFireworks

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

GLM-4.7 accepts 202,800 input tokens compared to Claude Sonnet 4's 200,000 tokens. GLM-4.7 can generate longer responses up to 131,072 tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4 is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Claude Sonnet 4

Input200,000 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

GLM-4.7

Input202,800 tokens

Output131,072 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Sonnet 4 and GLM-4.7 support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Sonnet 4

Text

Images

Audio

Video

GLM-4.7

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while GLM-4.7 uses MIT.

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

Claude Sonnet 4

Proprietary

Closed source

GLM-4.7

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while GLM-4.7 was released on 2025-12-22.

GLM-4.7 is 7 months newer than Claude Sonnet 4.

Claude Sonnet 4

May 22, 2025

9 months ago

GLM-4.7

Dec 22, 2025

2 months ago

7mo 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 Sonnet 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. GLM-4.7 is available from Fireworks, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.