GLM 5 vs GPT-5.4
Head to head on 22 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GPT-5.4 OpenAI | 65.3% | 1836elo | 78.3 | 47.6% | 74.8% | 11.3% | 48.4% | 78.5% | 92063 | 82.0% | 77.5% | 79.3% | 70.2% | 82.6% | 94.1% | 88.1% | 82.8% | 47.1% | 74.0% | 37.9% | 67.4% | 36.0% | 13.1% | 1.47 | 81.0% | 34.1% | 9.0% | - | 1272elo | - | 87.2% | - | 41.3% | 77.5% | 68.3% | 86 | 52.2% | 56.0% | 43.3% | -0.61 | 40.8 | - | - | - | - | 80 | 60.3% |
| GLM 5 Zai | 62.9% | 1598elo | 70.9 | 16.4% | 66.6% | 7.6% | 55.2% | 82.7% | 48395 | 71.2% | 73.6% | 67.9% | 55.3% | 77.5% | 83.5% | 69.1% | 65.2% | 38.3% | 70.0% | 39.4% | 23.4% | 97.4% | - | - | - | - | - | 7.9% | - | 24.7% | - | 97.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.3 | 69.7% | 72.8% | 61.12 | - | 56.4% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | GPT-5.4 OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | GPT-5.4 is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Glm | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | open | closed |
| License | mit | proprietary |
| Released | 11 Feb 2026 | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Context | 204,800 | 1,050,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.00 | $2.50 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $15.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.120 | $0.250 |
| 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) | GPQA Diamond74.8% (AA) SciCode47.1% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)36.0% (AA) Terminal-Bench (Hard)37.9% (AA) Vibe Code Bench v1.167.4% |
FAQ
- Is GLM 5 or GPT-5.4 better?
- Across the 22 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.4 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-5.4 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 66.6% and GPT-5.4 scores 74.8% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-5.4?
- GLM 5 is cheaper at $3.20 per million output tokens against $15.00 for GPT-5.4 - about 4.7x.
- When were GLM 5 and GPT-5.4 released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. GPT-5.4 was released 5 Mar 2026 by OpenAI.
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