GLM 5.3 Flash vs GPT-6.1 Sol
Verdict
- GPT-6.1 Sol (max) leads on quality: 69.3 vs 62.2.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, knowledge, long context, maths, multimodal, reasoning.
- GLM 5.3 Flash is 17× cheaper ($0.238 vs $4.00 per 1M blended).
| Metric | GLM 5.3 Flash | GPT-6.1 Sol (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 62.2 | 69.3 |
| Agents & tools score | 62.7 | 63.9 |
| Coding score | 63.4 | 72.4 |
| Composite score | 58.6 | 79.0 |
| Human preference score | 67.0 | 68.1 |
| Knowledge score | 65.0 | 78.8 |
| Long context score | 65.2 | 66.8 |
| Maths score | 69.0 | 72.5 |
| Multimodal score | 64.2 | 66.2 |
| Reasoning score | 67.0 | 76.4 |
| Blended price $/M | $0.238 | $4.00 |
| Output speed | 53 tok/s | 56 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 41.0 s | 326.9 s |
| Context window | 1M | 1.1M |
| GPQA Diamond | – | 95.4% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | – | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | – | 100.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 100.0% |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 73.9% |
| Terminal-Bench | – | 58.2% |
| SciCode | 51.6% | 54.2% |
| APEX-Agents | 52.8% | 60.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.9 | – |
| LMArena Text | 1475 | 1484 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1501 | 1507 |
| LMArena Coding | 1525 | 1545 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1609 | 1755 |
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | 1288 |
| LMArena Agent | -1 | 11.7 |
| LiveBench | 71.6% | 81.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 77.6% | 92.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 79.0% | 80.4% |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 56.8% | 54.5% |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 81.2% | 96.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 76.4% | 82.7% |
| LiveBench Language | 77.3% | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.8% | 74.2% |
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 41.8 | 51.8 |
| AA-LCR | 80.0% | 83.0% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 86.0% |
| AA-Omniscience | 7.5 | 41.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 91.2% | – |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 39.9% | 52.9% |
| SciCode (AA) | 51.6% | 54.2% |
| IOI | – | 96.9% |
| Vals Index | – | 61.1 |
| ARC-AGI-1 | – | 96.5% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | – | 94.2% |
| ARC-AGI-3 | – | 96.2% |
| CritPt | 15.4% | 31.7% |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 | 57.2% | 53.8% |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | 47.2% | – |
| ITBench SRE (AA) | 51.2% | – |
| Analyst Agent (AA) | – | 50.0% |
| BioMysteryBench | – | 79.6% |
| Code Migration | – | 65.1% |
| CyberBench | – | 39.3% |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark | – | 70.8% |
| Finance Agent v2 | – | 52.0% |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | – | 5.4% |
| Legal Research Bench | – | 38.5% |
| MedCode | – | 48.8% |
| MedScribe | – | 86.5% |
| MysteryMechanism | – | 46.4% |
| Public Benefits Bench | – | 59.3% |
| SAGE | – | 46.5% |
| SREBench | – | 50.8% |
| Tax Agent Bench | – | 62.3% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals) | – | 55.0% |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | – | 88.9% |
| LMArena Maths | 1502 | 1488 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | 1462 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1472 | 1488 |
| LMArena Multi-turn | 1472 | 1487 |
| LMArena Longer Queries | 1481 | 1496 |
| Chess Puzzles | – | 61.0% |
| EBR-bench | – | 54.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | – | 80.0% |
| BTF-3 | 14.9% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | 32.8% | 56.1% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA) | 84.3% | – |
| AutomationBench | 60.4% | 64.9% |
| GDP.pdf | 15.4% | 31.0% |
| MLCR | 51.1% | 33.9% |
| Harvey LAB | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym | 33.2% | – |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracy | 27.5% | 62.1% |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination | 72.4% | 45.7% |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1 | 1454 | 1557 |
| AA Openness Index | 44.4 | – |
Data as of 2026-10-11. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GLM 5.3 Flash vs GPT-6.1 Sol: questions
- Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than GPT-6.1 Sol?
- GPT-6.1 Sol (max) leads on quality: 69.3 vs 62.2. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-6.1 Sol (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-10-11, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than GPT-6.1 Sol for coding?
- GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in coding (72 vs 63 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than GPT-6.1 Sol for agentic tasks?
- GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in agentic tasks (64 vs 63 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or GPT-6.1 Sol?
- GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper: $0.238 against $4.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GLM 5.3 Flash or GPT-6.1 Sol?
- GPT-6.1 Sol streams faster: 56 against 53 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.1M against 1M tokens.