GLM 5.3 vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

GLM 5.3

GLM 5.3

Z.ai
VS
Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)

Anthropic
Feature GLM 5.3 Claude 4.5 Sonnet (thinking)
AI Lab Z.ai Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 131,072 tokens 64,000 tokens
Frontier Model Yes Yes
Vision Support No Yes
Description GLM-5.3 uses the same base model as GLM-5.2 — every gain comes from post-training. Compared with GLM-5.2, it is significantly better at complex coding and long-horizon agentic tasks. 743B parameter MoE with a 1M-token context window. The latest Claude 4.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic with maximum reasoning enabled, 200k reasoning tokens in 1M context.

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