GLM-5 vs GPT-6 Sol
Verdict
- GPT-6 Sol (max) leads on quality: 67.7 vs 59.2.
- GLM-5 (thinking) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, instruction following, maths.
- GPT-6 Sol (max) is stronger in composite, knowledge, long context, reasoning, multimodal.
- GLM-5 (thinking) is 2.6× cheaper ($1.55 vs $4.00 per 1M blended).
- GPT-6 Sol (max) streams 1.9× faster (126 vs 67 tokens per second).
| Metric | GLM-5 (thinking) | GPT-6 Sol (max) |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 59.2 | 67.7 |
| Agents & tools score | 57.9 | – |
| Coding score | 59.2 | – |
| Composite score | 62.6 | 86.2 |
| Instruction following score | 70.7 | – |
| Knowledge score | 58.8 | 75.4 |
| Long context score | 63.5 | 67.7 |
| Maths score | 63.2 | – |
| Reasoning score | 52.8 | 95.0 |
| Multimodal score | – | 67.1 |
| Blended price $/M | $1.55 | $4.00 |
| Output speed | 67 tok/s | 126 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 47.8 s | 107.2 s |
| Context window | 205k | 1.1M |
| AA Intelligence Index | 27.9 | 47.5 |
| IFBench | 72.3% | – |
| AA-LCR | 75.7% | 83.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 83.3% |
| AA-Omniscience | 0.3 | 27.1 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 43.2% | – |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 82.0% | – |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 29.3% | 47.9% |
| SciCode (AA) | – | 57.6% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 98.3% | – |
| AIME (Vals) | 91.7% | – |
| LiveCodeBench | 81.9% | – |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.0% | – |
| LegalBench | 84.1% | – |
| CorpFin | 62.9% | – |
| TaxEval | 70.0% | – |
| MedQA | 94.3% | – |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 71.4% | – |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.3% | – |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75.0% | – |
| τ²-bench | 81.0% | – |
| CritPt | 2.0% | 30.9% |
| GDPval (AA) | – | 49.4% |
| APEX-Agents (AA) | 14.4% | – |
| CaseLaw v2 | 52.5% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 (Vals) | 49.4% | – |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | 23.4% | – |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | – | 43.9% |
| AutomationBench | – | 61.6% |
| GDP.pdf | – | 24.8% |
| MLCR | – | 16.1% |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracy | 26.3% | 54.5% |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination | 64.7% | 39.9% |
| AA-Briefcase | – | 1483 |
Data as of 2026-09-23. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GLM-5 vs GPT-6 Sol: questions
- Is GLM-5 better than GPT-6 Sol?
- GPT-6 Sol (max) leads on quality: 67.7 vs 59.2. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-6 Sol (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-23, but check the category scores for your use.
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or GPT-6 Sol?
- GLM-5 is cheaper: $1.55 against $4.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GLM-5 or GPT-6 Sol?
- GPT-6 Sol streams faster: 126 against 67 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.1M against 205k tokens.