Claude Opus 5 vs GLM 5.3
API pricing, context window and capabilities for Claude Opus 5 and GLM 5.3, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.
Verdict
computed from the published numbersClaude Opus 5 wins on Terminal-Bench and on intelligence. GLM 5.3 wins on price.
Price
GLM 5.3
Terminal-Bench
Claude Opus 5
Intelligence
Claude Opus 5
Context window
Tied
Key takeaways
who wins on what, from the published numbersClaude Opus 5 wins
- Has web search
GLM 5.3 wins
- Cheaper input ($5.00 vs $0.079 /1M)
- Cheaper output ($25.00 vs $3.08 /1M)
- Higher max output (128K vs 1M)
- More serving providers (9 vs 16)
Cheaper overall
GLM 5.3
$0.079 + $3.08 /1M
Larger context
Tied
More providers
GLM 5.3
16 providers
Pricing & specs
cheapest listed route · per 1M tokensOn-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
| Claude Opus 5 | GLM 5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | $5.00via Anthropic | $0.079OpenRouter routed quote best |
| Output $/1M | $25.00via Anthropic | $3.08via Sail best |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 1M best |
| Serving providers | 9 | 16 best |
| Date | Released Jul 24, 2026 | Released Aug 14, 2026 |
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores, side by side| Claude Opus 5 | GLM 5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 50.8 best | 44.8 |
| Terminal-Bench | 89% best | 84% |
| GPQA Diamond | 93% best | 92% |
| Output speed | 56 t/s | 62 t/s best |
| Latency (TTFT) | 107.27s | 3.50s best |
Cost calculator
choose a serving route for each sideInput tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Claude Opus 5
via OpenRouter
$50
GLM 5.3
via OpenRouter
$5.20
Capabilities
feature support, side by side| Feature | Claude Opus 5 | GLM 5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | — | — |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web search | ✓ | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5 or GLM 5.3?
GLM 5.3 is cheaper for input ($5.00 vs $0.079 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote. GLM 5.3 is cheaper for output ($25.00 vs $3.08 per 1M tokens) from Sail.
What is the context window difference between Claude Opus 5 and GLM 5.3?
Both Claude Opus 5 and GLM 5.3 have about a 1M-token context window.
How do Claude Opus 5 and GLM 5.3 compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, Claude Opus 5 leads on Terminal-Bench, and Claude Opus 5 leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026
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