Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) vs. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh): geospatial agent comparison

Comparison between Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) and Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) 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-5.2 (max) vs. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)
Metric	Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max)	Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)
Geospatial Agent Index	53* (partial: attempt 1 on 200 of 565 tasks)	69*
Earth-Bench V2 score	63	57
GeoBenchX score	42	71
GS-QA2 score	No data	80
GeoAgentBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	98
GeoAnalystBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	95
Raster and remote sensing score	62	71
Vector and overlay score	40	78
Networks and routing score	No data	No data
Climate and time series score	67	60
Spatial statistics and interpolation score	No data	43
Mapping and cartography score	No data	85
Recognising infeasible requests score	41	63
Cost per task	$0.437	$0.123
Time per task	7.1 min	1.1 min
Tokens per attempt	827k	174k
Turns per attempt	18.7	7.0
Attempts decided	120	565
Input price per 1M tokens	$1.40	$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens	$4.40	$10.00
Context window	262,144	No data
Image input	No	No data
Developer	Z.ai	Anthropic

Charts

Partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max): 35 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 165 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete. 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

Planned attempts still to come

Data table: Geospatial Agent Index

Geospatial Agent Index
Model	Creator	Geospatial Agent Index	Range while attempts are pending	Benchmarks covered	Coverage (attempts)
Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)	Anthropic	69*	No pending judgements; coverage incomplete; 196 results awaiting review	3 of 3	565 of 859 planned attempts

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Planned attempts still to come

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max).

Data table: Cost per task

Cost per task
Model	Creator	Cost per task	Coverage (attempts)
Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)	Anthropic	$0.123	565 of 859 planned attempts

Output tokens per task

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

Planned attempts still to come

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max).

Data table: Output tokens per task

Output tokens per task
Model	Creator	Output tokens per task	Coverage (attempts)
Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)	Anthropic	5k	565 of 859 planned attempts

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)?

Not comparable yet: Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) has partial coverage (35 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 165 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete), so it is not ranked. Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max): 120 of 614 planned attempts (9 excluded). Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh): 565 of 859 planned attempts. Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.

Which is cheaper per task, Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)?

Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh), at $0.123 against $0.437 for Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max).

Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)?

Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh), at 5k against 34k for Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Code – GLM-5.2 (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)?

Not known yet: Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) has no context window data.

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