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GLM-5.1 vs LongCat-2.0

Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

GLM-5.1

74

VS

LongCat-2.0

80

1 categoriesvs1 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: GLM-5.1 #30 · LongCat-2.0 unranked

Pick LongCat-2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Agentic

LongCat-2.0
65.3vs70.8

+5.5 difference

Coding

GLM-5.1
60.9vs59.5

+1.4 difference

Operational Comparison

GLM-5.1

LongCat-2.0

Price (per 1M tokens)

$1.4 / $4.4

$0.75 / $2.95

Speed

N/A

N/A

Latency (first answer)

N/A

N/A

Context Window

203K

1M

Quick Verdict

Pick LongCat-2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

LongCat-2.0 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.

LongCat-2.0's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 70.8 against 65.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 63.5% to 70.8%. GLM-5.1 does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GLM-5.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.75 input / $2.95 output per 1M tokens for LongCat-2.0. LongCat-2.0 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 203K for GLM-5.1.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, GLM-5.1 or LongCat-2.0?

LongCat-2.0 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 63.5% and 70.8%.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5.1 or LongCat-2.0?

GLM-5.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 60.9 versus 59.5. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5.1 or LongCat-2.0?

LongCat-2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.8 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.

GLM-5.1
API / mo$4,350
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even264M/day
LongCat-2.0
API / mo$2,775
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: June 30, 2026

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