Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs o3-pro

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 3 categories and o3-pro in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 44.9.
  • GLM-5.1 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and o3-pro specifications
GLM-5.1o3-pro
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index47.842.9
Released2026-04-072025-06-10
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window200K200K
Max output131K100K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$20
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$80
Results tracked4112

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
WeirdML57.1%58.2%
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
Aider Polyglot—84.9%
LMArena WebDev1508—
SciCode43.8%—
LMArena Coding1485—
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), o3-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
APEX-Agents40.9%—
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84147.42
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench55.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.1%
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
ARC-AGI-1—59.3%
CritPt4.6%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1472—
DTBench—86.9%
LMCA—38.5%

Math Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), o3-pro: —

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
GPQA Diamond89.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34%—
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.3%
LMArena Expert1476—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), o3-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
LMArena Non-English1447—
LMArena Chinese1515—
LMArena French1474—
LMArena German1465—
LMArena Japanese1434—
LMArena Korean1418—
LMArena Russian1454—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), o3-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1451—

Long Context o3-pro leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%
LMArena Longer Query1466—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1o3-pro
LMArena Text1461—
LMArena Creative Writing1453—
Short-Story Creative Writing—84.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—
LMArena Multi-Turn1472—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than o3-pro?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.1 or o3-pro?

GLM-5.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.

Is GLM-5.1 or o3-pro better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 200K tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and o3-pro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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