GLM-5 vs Muse Spark 1.1
GLM-5 
Muse Spark 1.1 Verdict
- Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 59.1.
- GLM-5 is stronger in maths.
- Muse Spark 1.1 is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, instruction following, knowledge, long context, reasoning, multimodal.
- GLM-5 is 1.3× cheaper ($1.55 vs $2.00 per 1M blended).
- Muse Spark 1.1 streams 2.9× faster (194 vs 66 tokens per second).
| Metric | GLM-5 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 59.1 | 65.0 |
| Agents & tools score | 56.8 | 62.7 |
| Coding score | 52.9 | 68.1 |
| Composite score | 64.3 | 72.3 |
| Human preference score | 65.6 | 66.3 |
| Instruction following score | 70.5 | 77.8 |
| Knowledge score | 64.3 | 73.2 |
| Long context score | 64.3 | 65.4 |
| Maths score | 53.1 | 52.2 |
| Reasoning score | 51.5 | 69.2 |
| Multimodal score | – | 65.0 |
| Blended price $/M | $1.55 | $2.00 |
| Output speed | 66 tok/s | 194 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 48.7 s | 2.6 s |
| Context window | 205k | 1.0M |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | – |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 80.0% | – |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | 72.1% | – |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 57.8% |
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | – |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | – |
| SciCode | – | 58.2% |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | – |
| APEX-Agents | 17.2% | 41.9% |
| ProofBench | – | 39.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.9 | 154.6 |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1492 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1478 | 1511 |
| LMArena Coding | 1498 | 1531 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1436 | 1541 |
| LMArena Vision | – | 1293 |
| LMArena Agent | – | -2.6 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 27.9 | 34.3 |
| IFBench | 72.3% | – |
| AA-LCR | 75.7% | 77.7% |
| AA-Omniscience | 0.3 | 28.1 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 43.2% | – |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 82.0% | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 29.3% | 46.2% |
| SciCode (AA) | – | 58.8% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | 98.3% | – |
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% | – |
| HMMT February 2026 | 86.4% | – |
| MathArena Apex | 10.9% | – |
| SWE-Bench Pro | – | 61.5% |
| MCP Atlas | – | 88.1% |
| MultiChallenge | – | 75.3% |
| PRBench Finance | – | 55.0% |
| PRBench Legal | – | 57.0% |
| MultiNRC | – | 65.6% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | – | 1260 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 51.7% | – |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | – |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | – |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GLM-5 vs Muse Spark 1.1: questions
- Is GLM-5 better than Muse Spark 1.1?
- Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 59.1. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GLM-5 better than Muse Spark 1.1 for coding?
- Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher in coding (68 vs 53 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is GLM-5 better than Muse Spark 1.1 for agentic tasks?
- Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher in agentic tasks (63 vs 57 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Muse Spark 1.1?
- GLM-5 is cheaper: $1.55 against $2.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, GLM-5 or Muse Spark 1.1?
- Muse Spark 1.1 streams faster: 194 against 66 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.0M against 205k tokens.