GLM 4.6 vs Sonar Deep Research (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GLM 4.6 vs. Sonar Deep Research

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Overview

Sonar Deep Research was released 6 months before GLM 4.6.

	GLM 4.6	Sonar Deep Research
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Z.AI	Perplexity
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	202.8K tokens	128K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	202.8K tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	September 30, 2025 1 month ago September 30th, 2025	March 7, 2025 8 months ago March 7th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	GLM 4.6	Sonar Deep Research
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	📝Text
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Other	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function CallingStructured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

GLM 4.6 is roughly 0.2x less expensive compared to Sonar Deep Research for input tokens and roughly 0.2x less expensive for output tokens.

	GLM 4.6	Sonar Deep Research
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$0.40 per million tokens	$2.00 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$1.75 per million tokens	$8.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between GLM 4.6 and Sonar Deep Research.

	GLM 4.6	Sonar Deep Research
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes GLM 4.6 and Sonar Deep Research unique.

GLM 4.6 by Z.AI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 202.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.40/M input and $1.75/M output tokens. Released September 30th, 2025.

Sonar Deep Research by Perplexity offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $8.00/M output tokens. Released March 7th, 2025.