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Claude 3 5 Sonnet vs Glm 5p2

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Anthropic

Model

Claude 3 5 Sonnet

Context window

200K

200,000 tokens · ~150K words

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Z Ai

Model

Glm 5p2

Tool calling

Context window

1.0M

1,048,576 tokens · ~786K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Claude 3 5 Sonnet200K
Glm 5p21.0M

Glm 5p2 has about 5.2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Glm 5p2 has 424% more context capacity (1048K vs 200K tokens). Glm 5p2 is 53% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Glm 5p2. Its 1048K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 200K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Glm 5p2. Input tokens are 53% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecClaude 3 5 SonnetGlm 5p2
Context window200,000 tokens (200K)1,048,576 tokens (1048K)
Max output tokensN/A131,072 tokens (131K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingYesYes
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderClaude 3 5 Sonnet inClaude 3 5 Sonnet outGlm 5p2 inGlm 5p2 out
Fireworks$1.40/M$4.40/M
Google Vertex$3.00/M$15.00/M
Gradient$3.00/M$15.00/M
Openrouter$3.00/M$15.00/M
Replicate$3.75/M$18.75/M
Snowflake$3.00/M$15.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Glm 5p2 has a larger context window: 1048K tokens vs 200K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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