Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5 costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 39.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 40.6% for GLM-4.5 and 77.7% for GPT-5.4.
  • GLM-4.5 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and GPT-5.4 specifications
GLM-4.5GPT-5.4
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index42.059.4
Released2025-07-272026-03-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1.05M
Max output98K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$15
Results tracked2768

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
WeirdML40.6%77.7%
LMArena Coding14341497
ALE-Bench344.821,607
AlgoTune1.521.85
SWE-bench Verified—76.9%
DeepSWE—51.8%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
LMArena WebDev—1465
SciCode—56.6%
GSO—31.4%
MirrorCode—15.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
Terminal-Bench—81.8%
APEX-Agents—52.4%
τ²-bench Banking—39.4%
DeepResearch Bench—35.1%
PostTrainBench—19%
GBAEval—45.1%
LMArena Search—1197
METR Time Horizons—74.3%
Vending-Bench 2—6,144

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%63.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14291485
ARC-AGI-2—74%
NYT Connections (extended)—91.3%
ARC-AGI-1—93.7%
CritPt—23.4%
Chess Puzzles—44%
EnigmaEval—16%
Thematic Generalization—80%
EBR-Bench—25.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—37%
DTBench—94.4%
LMCA—52%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.81
ForecastBench—59.5

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%36.2%
LMArena Expert14331507
GPQA Diamond—93.3%
SimpleQA Verified—45.1%
Confabulations11.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
LMArena Vision—1303
Blueprint-Bench 2—27.1%
Furniture Assembly—37.5%
LMArena Document—1471

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
LMArena Non-English14171465
LMArena Chinese14651519
LMArena French14181493
LMArena German14071472
LMArena Japanese14151485
LMArena Korean13801448
LMArena Russian14141480
LMArena Spanish14541454

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
LMArena Instruction Following14041469

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
LMArena Longer Query14121473
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—
CL-bench—27.9%
CL-bench Life—21.7%

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5GPT-5.4
LMArena Text14301469
LMArena Creative Writing13951439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13431840
LMArena Multi-Turn14151482
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench 4—1272

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5 costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or GPT-5.4?

GLM-4.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GLM-4.5 or GPT-5.4 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and GPT-5.4 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 has 68.

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