Claude Opus 4.7 vs GLM-4.6

Claude Opus 4.7 (2026) and GLM-4.6 (2025) are frontier reasoning models from Anthropic and Zhipu AI. Claude Opus 4.7 ships a 1m-token context window, while GLM-4.6 ships a 198k-token context window. On pricing, GLM-4.6 costs $0.39/1M input tokens versus $5/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

GLM-4.6 is ~1182% cheaper at $0.39/1M; pay for Claude Opus 4.7 only for coding workflow support.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalClaude Opus 4.7GLM-4.6
Best forreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agentsprovider-routed production
Decision fitCoding, RAG, and AgentsRAG, Long context, and Classification
Context window1m198k
Cheapest output$25/1M tokens$1.90/1M tokens
Provider routes6 tracked4 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Claude Opus 4.7 when...
  • Claude Opus 4.7 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Claude Opus 4.7 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
Choose GLM-4.6 when...
  • GLM-4.6 has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $1.90/1M tokens.
  • Local decision data tags GLM-4.6 for RAG, Long context, and Classification.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate GLM-4.6

Claude Opus 4.7

$10,250

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Anthropic

GLM-4.6

$787

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Estimated monthly gap: $9,463. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Claude Opus 4.7 -> GLM-4.6
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • GLM-4.6 is $23.10/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning before moving production traffic.
GLM-4.6 -> Claude Opus 4.7
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 is $23.10/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 adds Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local capability data.

Specs

Specification
Released2026-04-162025-01-01
Context window1m198k
Parameters—355B (32B active)
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryMITOSI-approved
OpennessProprietaryOpen source
WeightsNot releasedUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2026-01-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeClaude Opus 4.7GLM-4.6
Input price$5/1M tokens$0.39/1M tokens
Output price$25/1M tokens$1.90/1M tokens
Providers
AnthropicAWS BedrockGCP Vertex AIMicrosoft FoundryOpenRouterVercel AI Gateway
Fireworks AIOpenRouterVercel AI GatewayNovita AI

Capabilities

CapabilityClaude Opus 4.7GLM-4.6
VisionYesNo
MultimodalYesNo
ReasoningYesNo
JSON / Tool useYesNo
Structured outputsYesYes
Code executionYesNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-07. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.