Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs o1-mini

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.6 leads 23.7 to 8.8.
  • GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and o1-mini specifications
GLM-4.6o1-mini
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index41.434.0
Released2025-09-302024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2939

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Coding14491362
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1340—
SciCode38.4%—
WeirdML—36.3%
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench340.82—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—
Cybench—10%

Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14401333
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—135.82
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Math14321358
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%1.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—46.9%
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Expert14311316
GPQA Diamond—62.4%
Confabulations—18.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Non-English14261289
LMArena Chinese14991314
LMArena French14591293
LMArena German14471278
LMArena Japanese13931245
LMArena Korean14001223
LMArena Russian14191283
LMArena Spanish14361303

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14101304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14221320

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6o1-mini
LMArena Text14401317
LMArena Creative Writing14111244
LMArena Multi-Turn14271314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than o1-mini?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6 or o1-mini better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and o1-mini share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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