GLM 5 vs GPT-5 Mini
Head to head on 22 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GLM 5 Zai | 96.7% | 62.9% | 1601elo | 70.9 | 16.4% | 87.8% | 29.3% | 72.3% | 71.2% | 73.6% | 67.9% | 55.3% | 77.5% | 83.5% | 69.1% | 46.2% | 69.7% | 72.8% | 70.0% | 43.2% | 23.4% | 98.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.9% | - | - | - | - | 24.7% | - | - | - | 97.9 | - | - | 82.7% | 48395 | - | - | - | - | 65.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.3 | 61.12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.2% |
| GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | 87.5% | 60.2% | 1314elo | 56.2 | 27.2% | 75.0% | 19.4% | 75.4% | 69.1% | 68.2% | 55.2% | 65.3% | 75.5% | 82.2% | 68.3% | 39.2% | 39.7% | 59.8% | 75.2% | 33.3% | 14.2% | 68.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.13 | 0.0% | -0.15 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% | 1.7 | 100.0% | 18.1% | 2.8% | - | 100.0% | 66.7% | 0.0% | 88.3% | - | 60.0% | 100.0% | 90.0% | - | 47.2% | 80.0% | - | - | 83.8% | 0.0% | 1.54 | 1.54 | - | 43.0% | 80.6% | 80.0% | 83.7% | 66.9% | 9.0% | 43.0% | 16.8% | 4.95 | - | - | 0.0% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 86.1% | 0.49 | 39.21 | 272.11 | 86.0% | 86.0% | 51.3% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | GPT-5 Mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | GPT-5 mini is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Glm | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | open | closed |
| License | mit | proprietary |
| Released | 11 Feb 2026 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Context | 204,800 | 400,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.00 | $0.25 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $2.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.200 | $0.025 |
| 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 Diamond87.8% Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)29.3% (AA) IFBench72.3% (AA) SciCode46.2% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)98.2% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GLM 5 or GPT-5 Mini better?
- Across the 22 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GLM 5 leads on 18 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GLM 5 and GPT-5 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 87.8% and GPT-5 Mini scores 75.0% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-5 Mini?
- GPT-5 Mini is cheaper at $2.00 per million output tokens against $3.20 for GLM 5 - about 1.6x.
- When were GLM 5 and GPT-5 Mini released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.
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