Model comparison

GLM-5 vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5 costs 44× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 1 category and GPT-5.4 Pro in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 4.9% for GLM-5 and 83.3% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GLM-5 is cheaper at $1 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5 and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
GLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index46.158.9
Released2026-02-112026-03-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1.05M
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1$30
Output $ / M tokens$3.20$180
Results tracked4516

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML48.2%57.4%
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
LMArena Coding1461—
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
Terminal-Bench52.4%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking9.8%—
τ²-bench Retail73.7%—
τ²-bench Telecom86.8%—
Vending-Bench 24,432—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
ARC-AGI-24.9%83.3%
SimpleBench53.2%74.1%
ARC-AGI-144.7%94.5%
Chess Puzzles10%58.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83158.93
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
CritPt—30%
EnigmaEval—23.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1452—
ForecastBench61—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond87.8%94.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%8.3%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.3%
SimpleQA Verified—46.3%
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1430—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Russian1436—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1428—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
CL-bench18.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1446—
LMArena Creative Writing1439—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
LMArena Multi-Turn1456—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5 costs 44× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or GPT-5.4 Pro?

GLM-5 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GLM-5 or GPT-5.4 Pro better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 43.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and GPT-5.4 Pro share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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