Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Ring-2.6-1T

GLM-5 has enough public results to be ranked (#59); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

45.9

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5 leads 49.0 to 40.1.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
GLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Ant Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index45.936.3
Released2026-02-112026-05-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked453

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#47), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
ALE-Bench765.62432.57
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
SciCode—42.4%
WeirdML48.2%—
LMArena Coding1461—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 30.9 (#65), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
Terminal-Bench52.4%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking9.8%—
τ²-bench Retail73.7%—
τ²-bench Telecom86.8%—
Vending-Bench 24,432—

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 27.6 (#100), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
CritPt—3.7%
Chess Puzzles10%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1451—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.84—
ForecastBench61—

Math Not comparable

GLM-5: 44.8 (#66), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5: 52.2 (#59), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5: 53.9 (#57), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1430—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1421—
LMArena Russian1436—
LMArena Spanish1452—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5: 75.4 (#64), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1427—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5: 44.6 (#58), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
CL-bench18.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5: 66.2 (#38), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1446—
LMArena Creative Writing1438—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
LMArena Multi-Turn1456—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Ring-2.6-1T?

GLM-5 has enough public results to be ranked (#59); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is GLM-5 or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Ring-2.6-1T share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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