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Claude Opus 4.5 vs GLM 5.2
Live matchup data for Claude Opus 4.5 and GLM 5.2: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage share — openrouter model rankings
Usage crossover
source: OpenRouter model rankings · daily · 90d
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Claude Opus 4.5 | GLM 5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | Z.ai |
| Homepage | openrouter.ai | openrouter.ai |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Input price | $5.00/MTok | $0.97/MTok |
| Output price | $25.00/MTok | $3.04/MTok |
| Cache read | $0.5/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 4.5 | 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 |
| swe-bench-test | 52.6%Dec 19 · sonar foundation agent claude opus 4 5 | — | github.com |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.2%Dec 15 · livesweagent claude opus 4 5 | — | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Claude Opus 4.5 | 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 4.5 more used than GLM 5.2?
- As of Aug 20, 2026, Claude Opus 4.5 shows 0.3% of OpenRouter token volume and GLM 5.2 shows 4.4% of OpenRouter token volume. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
- How does Claude Opus 4.5 pricing compare to GLM 5.2?
- Claude Opus 4.5 runs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 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 4.5 and GLM 5.2 score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 4 tracked results for Claude Opus 4.5 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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