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GLM 5.1 vs GPT-5.5

Head to head on 31 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5.5

OpenAI

86.2%12.9%68.4%86.0%1844elo78.251.8%51.7%44.8%76.8%15.1%13.7%46.1%84.7%82.5%81.1%73.0%87.7%96.3%87.7%92.8%49.1%86.9%88.6%50.0%47.3%75.0%49.2%57.4%69.8%69.3%54.2%-36.2%90.0%100.0%1315elo34.0%5.7%24.9%1769elo51.8%2.1%68.8%78.7%45.3%100.0%51.5%--4.258.6%75.7%83.4%-68.1%61.9%
GLM 5.1

Zai

20.8%35.9%64.5%40.0%1589elo73.544.8%33.5%34.7%83.9%15.1%27.9%52.0%72.7%75.4%63.2%68.5%71.8%84.9%72.5%67.0%41.6%72.3%85.4%22.2%36.1%71.2%35.6%52.5%31.5%97.1%-1.13---------------34.6%5.24----69.8-53.6%
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AttributeGLM 5.1

Zai

GPT-5.5

OpenAI

DescriptionGLM-5.1 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights.GPT-5.5 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGlmGPT
Params--
Open weightsopenclosed
Licensemitproprietary
Released7 Apr 202623 Apr 2026
Context204,8001,050,000
Input $/1M$1.39$5.00
Output $/1M$4.40$30.00
Cache read $/1M$0.234$0.500
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestextfile, image, text
Providers--
PublisherZaiOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GLM 5.1 or GPT-5.5 better?
Across the 31 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.5 leads on 25 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GLM 5.1 and GPT-5.5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GLM 5.1 scores 83.9% and GPT-5.5 scores 76.8% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.1 or GPT-5.5?
GLM 5.1 is cheaper at $4.40 per million output tokens against $30.00 for GPT-5.5 - about 6.8x.
When were GLM 5.1 and GPT-5.5 released?
GLM 5.1 was released 7 Apr 2026 by Zai. GPT-5.5 was released 23 Apr 2026 by OpenAI.

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