Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-5 vs MiniMax-M2

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 37.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.8% for GLM-5 and 14.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.

Side by side

GLM-5MiniMax-M2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)MiniMax
Noometry Index46.137.4
Released2026-02-112025-10-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$3.20$1.20
Results tracked4521

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%61%
LMArena WebDev14341297
LMArena Coding14611370
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench52.4%30%
Vending-Bench 24,432160.6
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking9.8%—
τ²-bench Retail73.7%—
τ²-bench Telecom86.8%—

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14521357
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
Chess Puzzles10%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83—
ForecastBench61—

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14401352
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14541337
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14301313
LMArena Chinese15111366
LMArena French14551335
LMArena German14451355
LMArena Russian14361331
LMArena Spanish14541326
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14281328

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14461331
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGLM-5MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14461340
LMArena Creative Writing14391286
LMArena Multi-Turn14561361
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than MiniMax-M2?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

Is GLM-5 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 205K tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and MiniMax-M2 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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