o1 vs GLM-4.5-Air

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 83.8 against 31. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 35.

o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while GLM-4.5-Air is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for GLM-4.5-Air.

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.5-Air only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

o1

o1

83.8

GLM-4.5-Air

31

91.8
MMLU
35
75.7
GPQA
34
-
SuperGPQA
32
-
OpenBookQA
30
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
4

Coding

o1

o1

41

GLM-4.5-Air

19

41
SWE-bench Verified
15
-
HumanEval
27
-
LiveCodeBench
15

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

GLM-4.5-Air

36.9

74.3
AIME 2024
37
-
AIME 2023
35
-
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

o1

o1

92.2

GLM-4.5-Air

68

92.2
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GLM-4.5-Air
-
MGSM
63

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or GLM-4.5-Air?

o1 is ahead overall, 51 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or GLM-4.5-Air?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 31. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o1 or GLM-4.5-Air?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 19. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o1 or GLM-4.5-Air?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 36.9. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o1 or GLM-4.5-Air?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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