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GLM-5.1 vs Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

67.74/100
Margin
7.2pts
← winning
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GLM-5.1 #18 (Supported); Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) #48 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 24 results are unique to GLM-5.1; 1 to Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning).

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
12
GLM-5.1 only
24
Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) only
1
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 203K for GLM-5.1.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
CategoryGLM-5.1ΔGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
AgenticGLM-5.165.4MarginNo overlapGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not measured
CodingGLM-5.161.3MarginNo overlapGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not measured
KnowledgeGLM-5.152.3MarginNo overlapGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not measured
MathGLM-5.162.0MarginNo overlapGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGLM-5.1$1.4 input / $4.4 outputGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGLM-5.1Not availableGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGLM-5.1Not availableGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGLM-5.1203KGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)2MGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.5%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 68%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.6%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 71.8%Not comparable
CyberGymSource 68.7%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 29.9%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 97.7%93.3%GLM-5.1 leads
GDPval-AASource 37.8%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 60.11%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1257Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.2%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
SWE-bench ProSource 58.4%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 42.7%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 62.7%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 31.46%1.20%GLM-5.1 leads
AA Coding IndexSource 55.8%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 43.8%44.2%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
AA-LCRSource 62.3%68.0%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
CritPtSource 4.6%2.9%GLM-5.1 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
GPQA-DSource 86.2%Not comparable
HLESource 52.3%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 40.2%30.6%GLM-5.1 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 86.8%85.3%GLM-5.1 leads
AA-HLESource 28.0%17.6%GLM-5.1 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 1.9%-28.7%GLM-5.1 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.2%25.3%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 29.4%72.4%GLM-5.1 leads
Math
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
AIME26Source 95.3%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 94.0%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 82.6%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 83.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 33.448%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 12.500%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1305Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 63.3%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Result
AA-IFBenchSource 76.3%52.7%GLM-5.1 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) today?

GLM-5.1: $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

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

GLM-5.1
API / mo$4,350
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even264M/day
Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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