# Claude Sonnet 5 vs GLM 5.3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 leads GLM 5.3 in 0 of 8 shared categories.

Claude Sonnet 5: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

GLM 5.3: $1.275 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Sonnet 5: closed weights.

GLM 5.3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in General LLM at #23 against #39.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Reasoning at #19 against #34.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Science at #28 against #32.
- Which to pick, Coding: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Coding at #7 against #19.
- Which to pick, Coding › Agentic: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Coding › Agentic at #7 against #19.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Coding › Web dev at #18 against #38.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Long context at #27 against #31.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Factuality at #27 against #47.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 is ranked #19 in Coding (since Oct 15, 2026; sources Terminal-Bench 4.0; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 is tied for state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 13, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).