GPT-4o mini vs GLM-4.5-Air

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-4o mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 43 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4o mini's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 87.2 against 19. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 87.2 to 27.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.5-Air only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

82

GLM-4.5-Air

31

82
MMLU
35
-
GPQA
34
-
SuperGPQA
32
-
OpenBookQA
30
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
4

Coding

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87.2

GLM-4.5-Air

19

87.2
HumanEval
27
-
SWE-bench Verified
15
-
LiveCodeBench
15

Mathematics

GLM-4.5-Air
-
AIME 2023
35
-
AIME 2024
37
-
AIME 2025
36
-
HMMT Feb 2023
31
-
HMMT Feb 2024
33
-
HMMT Feb 2025
32
-
BRUMO 2025
34
-
MATH-500
57

Reasoning

GLM-4.5-Air
-
SimpleQA
33
-
MuSR
31
-
BBH
63

Instruction Following

GLM-4.5-Air
-
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87

GLM-4.5-Air

63

87
MGSM
63

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4o mini or GLM-4.5-Air?

GPT-4o mini is ahead overall, 43 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 87.2 and 27.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4o mini or GLM-4.5-Air?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 31. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o mini or GLM-4.5-Air?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 19. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4o mini or GLM-4.5-Air?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 63. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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