Models

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 vs GLM 5.2

Output tokens cost $16.50 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2. Input tokens cost $3.30 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $3.30 per million on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.8s on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and 0.6s on GLM 5.2. Measured output throughput is 66.6 tok/s on Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and 47.3 tok/s on GLM 5.2. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 scores 1317 and GLM 5.2 scores 1505.

AnthropicClaude 3 Sonnet 20240229Z.AIGLM 5.2
Anthropic logo
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
Anthropic · text, image → text

Input$3.30 /M
Output$16.50 /M
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GLM 5.2
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow engineering standards more consistently, and complete the full development workflow from requirements to multi-platform deployment in a single task.

Input$1.13 /M
Output$3.94 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$3.30
$1.13
Output /M
$16.50
$3.94
Cache read /M
$3.30
$0.28
Context length
NaN
1,000,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
0.8 s
0.6 s
Throughput
66.6 tok/s
47.3 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
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June 16, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
claude-3-sonnet-20240229glm-5.2
12201300138014601540
Overall
12801470
Coding
13171505
Math
12531475
Hard prompts
12811488
Instruction following
12671462
Multi-turn
12771470
Creative writing
12451450
Longer query
12851479
Chinese
12751516
English
12881477

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GLM 5.2
$127 /mo
Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229
$446 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229, GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: $16.50/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1505; Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229: 1317 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 0.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 at 66.6 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 47.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 accepts text and image input; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229 and GLM 5.2 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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