GLM 5 vs GPT-4o-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 | 66.6% | 7.6% | 55.2% | 71.2% | 73.6% | 55.3% | 77.5% | 38.3% | 70.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.9% | - | 70.9 | 24.7% | 16.4% | - | - | - | 97.9 | 82.7% | 48395 | - | 67.9% | 83.5% | 69.1% | - | - | 65.2% | - | - | - | - | - | 73.3 | 69.7% | 72.8% | - | 61.12 | 39.4% | - | 23.4% | - | - | - | - | 97.4% | 56.4% |
| GPT-4o-mini OpenAI | 45.5% | 871elo | 42.6% | 4.2% | 31.0% | 47.2% | 43.0% | 65.8% | 32.9% | 22.9% | 60.5% | 16.7% | 3.6% | 11.7% | 14.7% | 50.7% | 0.29 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | - | - | - | 0.0% | 1.54 | 0.0% | - | - | - | 72.0% | - | - | - | 23.4% | 78.9% | - | 62.8% | 64.8% | 54.5% | 78.0% | 3.81 | - | - | - | 100.0% | - | - | 0.36 | - | 0.78 | 83.3% | 54.5% | 22.5% | - | 39.6% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | GPT-4o-mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | GPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Glm | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | open | closed |
| License | mit | proprietary |
| Released | 11 Feb 2026 | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Context | 204,800 | 128,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $0.60 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.120 | $0.075 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text | text, image, 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-4o-mini better?
- Across the 11 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GLM 5 leads on 10 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GLM 5 and GPT-4o-mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 66.6% and GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-4o-mini?
- GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $3.20 for GLM 5 - about 5.3x.
- When were GLM 5 and GPT-4o-mini released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI.
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