Which is cheaper, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
As of August 20, 2026, GLM-4-32B-0414-128K is 99% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. GLM-4-32B-0414-128K costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens ($0.20 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00 / $15.00 per million tokens ($18.00 blended). Sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing and https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GLM-4-32B-0414-128K cost per million tokens?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Claude API pricing from Anthropic is $3.00 input and $15.00 output per million tokens via Anthropic. GLM-4-32B-0414-128K Z AI API pricing is $0.10 input and $0.10 output per million tokens via Z AI. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 49%. GLM-4-32B-0414-128K does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports a 200K token context window, while GLM-4-32B-0414-128K supports 128K tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
Shared benchmark scores for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GLM-4-32B-0414-128K are still limited. Check the comparison table for the evals each model has published. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K better for production use?
Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GLM-4-32B-0414-128K are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, GLM-4-32B-0414-128K has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GLM-4-32B-0414-128K in my app?
Yes. Call Claude 3.5 Sonnet through Anthropic and GLM-4-32B-0414-128K through Z AI with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GLM-4-32B-0414-128K pricing data?
List rates are the latest published Claude API pricing from Anthropic and Z AI API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing and https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports up to 200K output tokens per request, while GLM-4-32B-0414-128K supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet has a measured throughput of approximately 78 tokens/second. Throughput data for GLM-4-32B-0414-128K is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GLM-4-32B-0414-128K comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GLM-4-32B-0414-128K from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
