GLM 5 vs GPT-4.1
Head to head on 11 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GLM 5 Zai | 62.9% | 1598elo | 16.4% | 66.6% | 7.6% | 55.2% | 38.3% | 72.8% | 70.0% | 39.4% | 97.4% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.9% | - | 70.9 | 24.7% | - | 97.9 | 82.7% | 48395 | 71.2% | 73.6% | 67.9% | 55.3% | 77.5% | 83.5% | 69.1% | - | - | - | - | - | 65.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.3 | 69.7% | - | - | 61.12 | 23.4% | - | - | 56.4% |
| GPT-4.1 OpenAI | 63.1% | 1417elo | 5.5% | 66.6% | 4.2% | 43.0% | 38.1% | 39.6% | 75.1% | 13.6% | 47.1% | 0.0% | 52.4% | 43.7% | 34.7% | 26.7% | 61.5% | 1.64 | 83.7% | 1.55 | - | 12.4% | - | - | 60.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.7% | 70.8% | 0.49 | 0.49 | 91.3% | - | 32.1% | 32.1% | 69.4% | 80.6% | 50.5% | 65.9% | 8.57 | - | - | 31.1% | 10.0% | - | - | 92.0% | 92.0% | 48.0% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | GPT-4.1 OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | GPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Glm | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | open | closed |
| License | mit | proprietary |
| Released | 11 Feb 2026 | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Context | 204,800 | 1,047,576 |
| Input $/1M | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $8.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.120 | $0.500 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text | image, text, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Zai | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond66.6% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)7.6% (AA) IFBench55.2% (AA) SciCode38.3% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.4% (AA) | ScholarSearch8.57 Social Sciences & Humanities (%) GPQA Diamond66.6% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)4.2% (AA) IFBench43.0% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GLM 5 or GPT-4.1 better?
- Across the 11 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GLM 5 leads on 8 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GLM 5 and GPT-4.1 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 66.6% and GPT-4.1 scores 66.6% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-4.1?
- GLM 5 is cheaper at $3.20 per million output tokens against $8.00 for GPT-4.1 - about 2.5x.
- When were GLM 5 and GPT-4.1 released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. GPT-4.1 was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.
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