GLM 5.3 vs Claude 4.6 Sonnet

Detailed comparison of capabilities, features, and performance.

GLM 5.3

GLM 5.3

Z.ai
VS
Claude 4.6 Sonnet

Claude 4.6 Sonnet

Anthropic
Feature GLM 5.3 Claude 4.6 Sonnet
AI Lab Z.ai Anthropic
Context Size 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Max Output Size 131,072 tokens 16,000 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 Sonnet 4.6 model from Anthropic

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