GLM 5 vs GPT-4.1 Mini
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 Mini OpenAI | 57.9% | 1144elo | 4.5% | 66.4% | 5.0% | 38.3% | 40.4% | 23.9% | 71.9% | 7.6% | 52.9% | -0.17 | 60.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3 | 32.4% | 43.0% | 46.3% | 98.2% | 0.0% | 28.2% | -1 | 1.07 | 62.3% | 89.9% | 100 | 83.62 | 0.79 | 0.0% | -0.04 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 204.5 | 40.0% | 41.7% | 1.45 | 34.5% | 13.0% | 53.6% | 3.6% | 17.4% | 3.3% | - | 9.0% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 83.4% | 48.6% | - | 43.3% | 100.0% | 58.2% | 52.9% | - | 0.0% | 1.5% | 18.7% | 50.0% | 65.0% | 56.8% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.47 | 3.47 | 1.55 | 100.0% | 63.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | 67.5% | 40.2% | 83.5% | - | 6.7% | - | 62.4% | 43.8% | 26.7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.3% | 45.4% | 80.0% | 0.35 | 100.0% | 93.3% | 100.0% | 92.5% | - | 2.61 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 77.9% | 5 | 0.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 20.0% | 26.7% | 78.1% | 54.5% | 65.5% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 19.5% | 96.5% | 52.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% | 46.8% | 93.0% | 40.6% | 100.0% | 88.2% | 100.0% | 20.0% | 33.3% | 100.0% | 73.3% | 100.0% | 1.14 | 56.72 | 0 | 10.0% | - | - | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 37.6% | 1.04 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 45.6% | 93.3% | 100.0% | - | 29.0% | 90.0% | 29.0% | 82.0% | 82.0% | 50.8% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | GPT-4.1 Mini 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 | $0.40 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $1.60 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.120 | $0.100 |
| 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) |
FAQ
- Is GLM 5 or GPT-4.1 Mini better?
- Across the 11 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GLM 5 leads on 9 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 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 66.6% and GPT-4.1 Mini scores 66.4% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-4.1 Mini?
- GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper at $1.60 per million output tokens against $3.20 for GLM 5 - about 2.0x.
- When were GLM 5 and GPT-4.1 Mini released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. GPT-4.1 Mini was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.
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