GLM 5 Turbo vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Verdict
- GPT-5.6 Sol (high) leads on quality: 68.4 vs 58.4.
- GLM 5 Turbo is stronger in instruction following.
- GPT-5.6 Sol (high) is stronger in agents & tools, composite, knowledge, long context, coding, multimodal, reasoning.
- GLM 5 Turbo is 4.2× cheaper ($1.90 vs $8.00 per 1M blended).
- GPT-5.6 Sol (high) streams 3.4× faster (61 vs 18 tokens per second).
| Metric | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-5.6 Sol (high) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 58.4 | 68.4 |
| Agents & tools score | 63.1 | 88.2 |
| Composite score | 62.9 | 83.1 |
| Instruction following score | 71.8 | 68.3 |
| Knowledge score | 56.6 | 74.1 |
| Long context score | 62.4 | 67.6 |
| Coding score | – | 72.4 |
| Multimodal score | – | 66.7 |
| Reasoning score | – | 63.3 |
| Blended price $/M | $1.90 | $8.00 |
| Output speed | 18 tok/s | 61 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 7.9 s | 12.6 s |
| Context window | 200k | 1.1M |
| SciCode | – | 56.9% |
| WeirdML | – | 88.8% |
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.6 | 42.5 |
| IFBench | 73.2% | 69.2% |
| AA-LCR | 71.7% | 81.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 81.8% |
| AA-Omniscience | -16.4 | 20.4 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 33.3% | 62.1% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 84.8% | 92.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 27.8% | 46.0% |
| SciCode (AA) | – | 57.8% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 98.5% | 83.3% |
| EnigmaEval | – | 37.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | – | 97.0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | – | 85.4% |
| ARC-AGI-3 | – | 2.2% |
Data as of 2026-09-13. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GLM 5 Turbo vs GPT-5.6 Sol: questions
- Is GLM 5 Turbo better than GPT-5.6 Sol?
- GPT-5.6 Sol (high) leads on quality: 68.4 vs 58.4. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-5.6 Sol (high) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-13, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GLM 5 Turbo better than GPT-5.6 Sol for agentic tasks?
- GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher in agentic tasks (88 vs 63 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-5.6 Sol?
- GLM 5 Turbo is cheaper: $1.90 against $8.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-5.6 Sol?
- GPT-5.6 Sol streams faster: 61 against 18 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-5.6 Sol accepts more context: 1.1M against 200k tokens.