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Composer 2.5 vs GLM-5.1

Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Composer 2.5

80

VS

GLM-5.1

74

1 categoriesvs0 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: Composer 2.5 unranked · GLM-5.1 #30

Pick Composer 2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 203K context window.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Agentic

Composer 2.5
69.3vs65.3

+4.0 difference

Operational Comparison

Composer 2.5

GLM-5.1

Price (per 1M tokens)

$0.5 / $2.5

$1.4 / $4.4

Speed

N/A

N/A

Latency (first answer)

N/A

N/A

Context Window

200K

203K

Quick Verdict

Pick Composer 2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 203K context window.

Composer 2.5 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 80 to 74. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Composer 2.5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 69.3 against 65.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 69.3% to 63.5%.

GLM-5.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens for Composer 2.5. GLM-5.1 gives you the larger context window at 203K, compared with 200K for Composer 2.5.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Composer 2.5 or GLM-5.1?

Composer 2.5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 74. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 69.3% and 63.5%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Composer 2.5 or GLM-5.1?

Composer 2.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.3 versus 65.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Composer 2.5
API / mo$2,250
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
GLM-5.1
API / mo$4,350
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even264M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: June 16, 2026

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