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Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 75 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 Released 22 Sep 2026 · $4.00 in · $20.00 out
Z.aiGLM-5.3 FlashX Legal $0.37 in · $1.25 out
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 616 too close to callGLM-5.3 FlashX Legal wins 8

Of the 75 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 5 November 2026 (catalogue release 2026-11-05-44c5fb63d296). See also Anthropic vs Z.ai, every model from both labs.

Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal? The short answer

Pick Claude Opus 5.5 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Spring Prompt overall 84 against 34). Pick GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal if cost matters more: it costs 7.9 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

  • Spring Prompt overall: Claude Opus 5.5 84, GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal 34 (out of 100; how the score works).
  • GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal is cheaper to run: $0.005 against $0.040 per product listing on CatalogBench (7.9 times less).
  • On our own benchmarks, on the results both models have: Claude Opus 5.5 does better for product listings, decks from an analysis, user surveys and marketing planning.

Head to head

84
Spring Prompt overall
34
$8.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.59
1,000,000
Context window, tokens
1,048,576

Every fact side by side

Claude Opus 5.5GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
Price per million tokens$4.00 in · $20.00 out$0.37 in · $1.25 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$8.00$0.59
Cheapest host, blended$8.00 (Amazon Bedrock)–
Cost per product listing (CatalogBench)$0.040$0.005
Cached input, per million$0.20 cached input–
Intelligence Index57.6–
Spring Prompt overall8434
Output speed, tokens a second96–
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Released22 Sep 2026–
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based inthe USChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 10 of 27 26 of 27
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 4 of 28 21 of 28
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 3 of 17 8 of 17
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 7 of 28 11 of 28
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 2 of 160 not measured
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects 3 of 51 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 1 of 188 not measured
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 5 of 173 not measured
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 3 of 143 not measured
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 32 of 32 17 of 31

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per productUS dollars, lower is better 25 · 9 of 28 measured $0.0400 $0.0050
Reliably publish-ready% of products, higher is better 8 · 26 of 27 measured 55.4% 0.0%
Reliably publish-ready · sales brief% of products, higher is better 10 · 22 of 27 measured 21.4% 0.0%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per deckUS dollars, lower is better 24 · 9 of 28 measured $0.26 $0.0359
Deck ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 4 · 21 of 28 measured 1,391 820
Accurate decks% of tasks, higher is better 5 · 23 of 28 measured 83.3% 0.0%
ROASBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Overall scorescore out of 100, higher is better 7 · 11 of 28 measured 51.7 46.2
Audience scorescore out of 100, higher is better 5 · 14 of 28 measured 67.7 63.2
Business scorescore out of 100, higher is better 7 · 10 of 28 measured 52.3 44.9
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Analysis ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 3 · 8 of 17 measured 1,486 997
Cost per taskUS dollars, lower is better 16 · 9 of 17 measured $0.46 $0.0693
Analysis scorepoints of 100, higher is better 3 · 14 of 17 measured 95.3 53.4
Show all 75 results (63 more)
MeasureClaude Opus 5.5GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 26 results
Channel compliance% of products, higher is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Channel rules broken% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Channel rules broken · sales brief% of products, lower is better 14 · 27 of 28 measured 0.6% 3.6%
Conflicts caught% of conflicts, higher is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Content quality% of checks, higher is better 6 · 20 of 28 measured 97.9% 96.2%
Content quality · sales brief% of checks, higher is better 9 · 21 of 28 measured 97.8% 95.4%
Decision accuracy% of decisions, higher is better 8 · 21 of 28 measured 97.7% 95.1%
Failed outputs% of products, lower is better 1 · 25 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.6%
Failed outputs · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 24 of 28 measured 0.0% 1.2%
Field accuracy% of missing fields, higher is better 23 · 11 of 28 measured 92.2% 94.2%
Invented values% of filled values, lower is better 4 · 20 of 28 measured 0.5% 2.2%
Missing UK information% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Missing UK information · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 28 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Not findable% of products, lower is better 7 · 1 of 28 measured 3.0% 0.0%
Not findable · sales brief% of products, lower is better 5 · 1 of 28 measured 1.8% 0.0%
Publish-ready listings% of products, higher is better 7 · 27 of 28 measured 70.8% 0.0%
Publish-ready listings · sales brief% of products, higher is better 12 · 26 of 28 measured 34.5% 0.0%
Time per productseconds, lower is better 15 · 22 of 28 measured 16.9 29.4
Unsupported claims% of products, lower is better 14 · 18 of 28 measured 17.3% 27.4%
Unsupported claimsclaims per product, lower is better 11 · 22 of 28 measured 0.45 1.19
Unsupported claims · sales briefclaims per product, lower is better 13 · 25 of 28 measured 1.66 3.94
Unsupported claims · sales brief% of products, lower is better 15 · 21 of 28 measured 60.1% 79.8%
Wrong attributes% of products, lower is better 7 · 12 of 28 measured 15.5% 16.7%
Wrong attributes · sales brief% of products, lower is better 9 · 25 of 28 measured 15.5% 23.2%
Wrong category or variant% of products, lower is better 5 · 25 of 28 measured 1.8% 5.4%
Wrong category or variant · sales brief% of products, lower is better 5 · 18 of 28 measured 1.8% 3.0%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 14 results
Caveat dropped% of tasks, lower is better 14 · 28 of 28 measured 16.7% 50.0%
Clean layout% of tasks, higher is better 3 · 15 of 28 measured 83.3% 33.3%
Design quality% of the maximum, higher is better 9 · 28 of 28 measured 72.0% 29.3%
Draft figure quoted% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 83.3%
Findings missing% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 3 · 18 of 28 measured 86.6% 47.5%
Layout defects% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 15 of 28 measured 16.7% 66.7%
Misleading metric used% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
Presentable decks% of tasks, higher is better 6 · 13 of 28 measured 33.3% 0.0%
Recommendation late or wrong% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 25 of 28 measured 0.0% 83.3%
Slides needing work% of tasks, lower is better 20 · 20 of 28 measured 66.7% 66.7%
Time per deckseconds, lower is better 13 · 20 of 28 measured 98.5 175
Unsupported claims% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 27 of 28 measured 0.0% 66.7%
Unsupported numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 28 of 28 measured 0.0% 50.0%
ROASBench measured by Spring Prompt · 6 results
Consistency scorescore out of 100, higher is better 9 · 12 of 28 measured 33.8 29.0
Contribution profitsimulated US dollars, higher is better 2 · 7 of 28 measured $911,566 $695,680
Cost of a runUS dollars, lower is better 25 · 13 of 28 measured $1.06 $0.16
Months over budgetmonths of 12, lower is better 1 · 25 of 28 measured 0 1
Planning scorescore out of 100, higher is better 19 · 10 of 28 measured 54.7 54.9
Return on ad spendprofit per $1 spent, higher is better 4 · 10 of 28 measured $0.69 $0.55
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 17 results
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 1 · 5 of 17 measured 82.5% 62.8%
Leading or double-barrelled questions% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 9 of 17 measured 0.0% 44.4%
Mistaken next steps% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 11 of 17 measured 0.0% 44.4%
Numbers right% of answers, higher is better 1 · 13 of 17 measured 100.0% 94.9%
Objectives unanswerable% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 14 of 17 measured 0.0% 22.2%
Precision ignored% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 22.2%
Research scorepoints of 100, higher is better 2 · 13 of 17 measured 96.1 59.2
Sound research% of tasks, higher is better 2 · 7 of 17 measured 55.6% 11.1%
Stakeholder's view presumed% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 22.2%
Survey plan scorepoints of 100, higher is better 1 · 15 of 17 measured 97.8 72.7
Survey structure% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 15 of 17 measured 11.1% 44.4%
Time per taskseconds, lower is better 10 · 15 of 17 measured 180 435
Traps handled% of traps, higher is better 2 · 10 of 17 measured 95.7% 83.0%
Traps missed% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 8 of 17 measured 33.3% 66.7%
Unsupported findings% of tasks, lower is better 4 · 9 of 17 measured 22.2% 77.8%
Wrong numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 10 of 17 measured 0.0% 33.3%
Wrong recommendation% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 14 of 17 measured 0.0% 55.6%

Quick answers

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Pick Claude Opus 5.5 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Spring Prompt overall 84 against 34). Pick GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal if cost matters more: it costs 7.9 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal is cheaper to run: $0.005 against $0.040 per product listing on CatalogBench (7.9 times less).

Which is better for product listings, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Claude Opus 5.5 ranks 10 of 27 models on sale for turning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live, against 26 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for decks from an analysis, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Claude Opus 5.5 ranks 4 of 28 models on sale for turning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is, against 21 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for user surveys, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Claude Opus 5.5 ranks 3 of 17 models on sale for planning a user survey and reading its results without being misled, against 8 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for marketing planning, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

Claude Opus 5.5 ranks 7 of 28 models on sale for planning a year of ad spend without overspending, against 11 for GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal ranks 17 of 32 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 32 for Claude Opus 5.5.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 5.5 or GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal?

GLM-5.3 FlashX Legal: 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Opus 5.5.

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