Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?

Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium), at 77 against 56 for Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max). Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max): 298 of 870 planned attempts. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium): 500 of 870 planned attempts (229 excluded). Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.

Which is cheaper per task, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?

Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max), at $0.042 against $0.052 for Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium).

Which is faster per task, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?

Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium), at 0.6 min against 17.3 min for Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).

Which has the larger context window, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?

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

Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) vs. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium): geospatial agent comparison

Comparison between Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) and Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium) on the Geospatial Agent Index, each benchmark, cost, time and token use, from the same tasks, agent and limits. Methodology.

Side by side

Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) vs. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)
Metric	Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max)	Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)
Geospatial Agent Index	56* (partial: 1.1 of 3 attempts)	77* (partial: 2 of 3 attempts)
GeoAgentBench score	82	98
GeoBenchX score	32	66
Earth-Bench score	29	45
GeoAnalystBench score	79	97
Raster and remote sensing score	51	70
Vector and overlay score	64	81
Networks and routing score	60	100
Climate and time series score	54	65
Spatial statistics and interpolation score	35	79
Mapping and cartography score	43	78
Recognising infeasible requests score	30	59
Cost per task	$0.042	$0.052
Time per task	17.3 min	0.6 min
Tokens per attempt	374k	72k
Turns per attempt	13.4	3.7
Attempts decided	298	500
Input price per 1M tokens	$0.15	$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens	$0.50	$10.00
Context window	1,048,576	No data
Image input	Yes	No data
Developer	Z.ai	Anthropic

Charts

Geospatial Agent Index

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

Partial coverage

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 (medium)	Anthropic	77* (partial: 2 of 3 attempts)	67 to 77	4 of 4	500 of 870 planned attempts (229 excluded)
Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max)	Z.ai	56* (partial: 1.1 of 3 attempts)	54 to 56	4 of 4	298 of 870 planned attempts

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Partial coverage

Data table: Cost per task

Cost per task
Model	Creator	Cost per task	Coverage (attempts)
Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max)	Z.ai	$0.042	315 of 870 planned attempts
Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)	Anthropic	$0.052	568 of 870 planned attempts (229 excluded)

Time per task

Average agent wall time per task · Lower is better

Partial coverage

Data table: Time per task

Time per task
Model	Creator	Time per task	Coverage (attempts)
Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max)	Z.ai	17.3 min	315 of 870 planned attempts
Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)	Anthropic	0.6 min	568 of 870 planned attempts (229 excluded)

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?: Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium), at 77 against 56 for Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max). Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max): 298 of 870 planned attempts. Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium): 500 of 870 planned attempts (229 excluded). Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.
Which is cheaper per task, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?: Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max), at $0.042 against $0.052 for Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium).
Which is faster per task, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?: Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium), at 0.6 min against 17.3 min for Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).
Which has the larger context window, Terminus-2 – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)?: Not known yet: Claude Code – Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium) has no context window data.

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