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Claude Opus 4.1 vs GLM 5.2
Live matchup data for Claude Opus 4.1 and GLM 5.2: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
share of openrouter tokens
usage compares on other signals below
usage share — openrouter model rankings
Usage crossover
source: OpenRouter model rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Claude Opus 4.1
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Claude Opus 4.1 | GLM 5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Homepage | openrouter.ai | openrouter.ai |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Input price | $15.00/MTok | $0.97/MTok |
| Output price | $75.00/MTok | $3.04/MTok |
| Cache read | $1.50/MTok | $0.19/MTok |
| Price as of | Aug 21, 2026 · openrouter | Aug 21, 2026 · openrouter |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GLM 5.2 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aa-agentic-index | — | 45.7 index— · z-ai/glm-5.2:batch | openrouter.ai |
| aa-coding-index | — | 68.8 index— · z-ai/glm-5.2 | openrouter.ai |
| aa-intelligence-index | — | 52.6 index— · z-ai/glm-5.2:batch | openrouter.ai |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Claude Opus 4.1 | GLM 5.2 |
|---|---|---|
sentiment feed pending — Reddit pulse lands with the daily crawl | ||
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
awaiting first crawl
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Claude Opus 4.1 more used than GLM 5.2?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Claude Opus 4.1 has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Claude Opus 4.1 pricing compare to GLM 5.2?
- Claude Opus 4.1 runs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens (as of Aug 21, 2026). GLM 5.2 runs $0.97 per million input tokens and $3.04 per million output tokens (as of Aug 21, 2026). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Claude Opus 4.1 and GLM 5.2 score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 0 tracked results for Claude Opus 4.1 and 9 for GLM 5.2, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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