Model comparison
GLM-4.5V vs MiniMax M1
GLM-4.5V and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax M1 in 6 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $1.80 for GLM-4.5V.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 64K.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 39.2 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-08-11 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 64K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.80 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152), MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | 1359 |
Reasoning Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1340 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | — |
Math Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1353 | 1360 |
Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | 1316 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172), MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1304 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1338 | 1361 |
| LMArena Russian | 1299 | 1330 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1335 | 1354 |
| LMArena French | — | 1369 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1220 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1263 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1312 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1305 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1333 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5V better than MiniMax M1?
GLM-4.5V and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5V lists at $0.60 and $1.80.
Is GLM-4.5V or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.9 vs 39.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 64K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and MiniMax M1 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.