GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs o1-pro

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

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 84 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 96 against 86. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 94 to 79.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

80.3

o1-pro

79

96
MMLU
-
94
GPQA
79
92
SuperGPQA
-
90
OpenBookQA
-
81
MMLU-Pro
-
29
HLE
-

Coding

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
88
HumanEval
-
62
SWE-bench Verified
-
58
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

96

o1-pro

86

98
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
86
98
AIME 2025
-
94
HMMT Feb 2023
-
96
HMMT Feb 2024
-
95
HMMT Feb 2025
-
96
BRUMO 2025
-
92
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
92
SimpleQA
-
90
MuSR
-
91
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
92
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GLM-5 (Reasoning)
89
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or o1-pro?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 84 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 94 and 79.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or o1-pro?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.3 versus 79. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or o1-pro?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 86. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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