Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs o1

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 4 categories and o1 in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where o1 leads 50.3 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 58.3% for GLM-4.5 and 83.3% for o1.
  • GLM-4.5 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $60 for o1.
  • o1 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 131K.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and o1 specifications
GLM-4.5o1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index42.040.9
Released2025-07-272024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K200K
Max output98K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$15
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$60
Results tracked2752

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
WeirdML40.6%47.6%
LMArena Coding14341367
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning Too close to call

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Hard Prompts14291371
SimpleBench—41.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.91
LiveBench—75.7%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Math14271388
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
LiveBench Math—80.3%
MATH Level 5—94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%8%
Confabulations11.3%11.7%
LMArena Expert14331361
GPQA Diamond—76.8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Non-English14171358
LMArena Chinese14651394
LMArena French14181344
LMArena German14071337
LMArena Japanese14151346
LMArena Korean13801396
LMArena Russian14141356
LMArena Spanish14541345

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Instruction Following14041367
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%

Long Context o1 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%83.3%
LMArena Longer Query14121378

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1
LMArena Text14301366
LMArena Creative Writing13951348
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn14151369
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than o1?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or o1?

GLM-4.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; o1 lists at $15 and $60.

Is GLM-4.5 or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

o1 does, with 200K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and o1 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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