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Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) vs. Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): geospatial agent comparison

Comparison between Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) and Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high) on the Geospatial Agent Index, each benchmark, cost, time and token use, from the same tasks, agent and limits. Methodology.

Side by side

Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) vs. Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)
MetricClaude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on)Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)
Geospatial Agent Index27* (partial: attempt 1 on 52 of 565 tasks)67* (partial: attempt 1 on 498 of 565 tasks)
Earth-Bench V2 score2059
GeoBenchX score3365
GS-QA2 scoreNo data77
GeoAgentBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)No data97
GeoAnalystBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)No data100
Raster and remote sensing score1574
Vector and overlay scoreNo data71
Networks and routing scoreNo dataNo data
Climate and time series score064
Spatial statistics and interpolation score2031
Mapping and cartography score6481
Recognising infeasible requests score2655
Cost per task$0.089$0.290
Time per task13.6 min1.3 min
Tokens per attempt1.37M140k
Turns per attempt35.56.4
Attempts decided49498
Input price per 1M tokens$0.06$5.00
Output price per 1M tokens$0.40$25.00
Context window131,072No data
Image inputNoNo data
DeveloperZ.aiAnthropic

Charts

Partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on): 10 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 42 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete; Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): 135 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 119 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; 244 of 245 GS-QA2 tasks. Grey placeholders identify these entries in the index, cost and output token charts; their height does not represent a value. Comparable bars appear when first-attempt coverage is complete. Their available results remain in the side-by-side table.

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal-weight average of the evaluation scores, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Geospatial Agent IndexClaude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on): Partial; Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): Partial0255075100PartialGLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on)PartialClaude Opus 4.8 (high)
Data table: Geospatial Agent Index
Geospatial Agent Index
ModelCreatorGeospatial Agent IndexRange while attempts are pendingBenchmarks coveredCoverage (attempts)

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Cost per taskClaude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on): Partial; Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): Partial$0$0.250$0.500$0.750$1.00PartialGLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on)PartialClaude Opus 4.8 (high)
How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on), Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high).

Data table: Cost per task
Cost per task
ModelCreatorCost per taskCoverage (attempts)

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Output tokens per taskClaude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on): Partial; Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): Partial00011PartialGLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on)PartialClaude Opus 4.8 (high)
How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on), Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high).

Data table: Output tokens per task
Output tokens per task
ModelCreatorOutput tokens per taskCoverage (attempts)

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) or Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)?
Not comparable yet: Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) has partial coverage (10 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 42 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete) and Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high) has partial coverage (135 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 119 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; 244 of 245 GS-QA2 tasks), so it is not ranked. Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on): 49 of 614 planned attempts. Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high): 498 of 859 planned attempts. Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.
Which is cheaper per task, Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) or Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)?
Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on), at $0.089 against $0.290 for Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high).
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) or Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)?
Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high), at 5k against 17k for Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on).
Which has the larger context window, Claude Code – GLM-4.7-Flash (thinking on) or Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high)?
Not known yet: Claude Code – Claude Opus 4.8 (high) has no context window data.

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