Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs o1-mini

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and o1-mini in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.5 leads 28.6 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Short-Story Creative Writing: 73.4% for GLM-4.5 and 64.9% for o1-mini.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and o1-mini specifications
GLM-4.5o1-mini
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index42.034.0
Released2025-07-272024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2739

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
WeirdML40.6%36.3%
LMArena Coding14341362
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
Cybench—10%

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14291333
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—135.82
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Math14271358
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—46.9%
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
Confabulations11.3%18.6%
LMArena Expert14331316
GPQA Diamond—62.4%
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Non-English14171289
LMArena Chinese14651314
LMArena French14181293
LMArena German14071278
LMArena Japanese14151245
LMArena Korean13801223
LMArena Russian14141283
LMArena Spanish14541303

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14041304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context o1-mini leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14121320
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5o1-mini
LMArena Text14301317
LMArena Creative Writing13951244
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn14151314
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than o1-mini?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or o1-mini better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and o1-mini share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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