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GLM-5 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Updated September 29, 2026. Rank says GLM-5 is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

GLM-5 has the higher public score, 54.26 versus 22.94, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. 1 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
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Z.AI

54.26/100

Supported · Public rank #67

90% interval 44.5–64.0

Model B
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Meta

22.94/100

Supported · Public rank #192

90% interval 17.5–28.4

Shared results
1
GLM-5 only
35
Llama 4 Maverick only
0
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Supported: GLM-5 and Llama 4 MaverickHow the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Llama 4 Maverick

    Llama 4 Maverick has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    GLM-5 and Llama 4 Maverick are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    GLM-5 and Llama 4 Maverick are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. GLM-5 does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

39.2GLM-518.1Llama 4 Maverick

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.7

GLM-5 scores higher, but at least one score rests on Estimated evidence or a different benchmark set. Directional only, no winner.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

4 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Math

    Normalized gap 15.7
    GLM-5:16.434%
    Llama 4 Maverick:0.690%
Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.7 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Directional only
GLM-5
37.6
Estimated · #58/117
Llama 4 Maverick
12.8
Estimated · #112/117
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 11 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
GLM-5
39.2
Estimated · #64/143
Llama 4 Maverick
18.1
Estimated · #135/143
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 6 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
GLM-5
47.1
Estimated · #73/169
Llama 4 Maverick
31.0
Estimated · #137/169
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 6 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
GLM-5
87.2
#32/124
Llama 4 Maverick
48.9
#82/124
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
GLM-5
53.3
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
Llama 4 Maverick
56.6
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
GLM-5
Not ranked
Llama 4 Maverick
52.6
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
GLM-5
48.7
#6/12
Llama 4 Maverick
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
GLM-5
56.5
#7/7
Llama 4 Maverick
25.1
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 4 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.7) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

GLM-5
$0.0026
Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

GLM-5
$0.0596
Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

GLM-5
$0.252
Does not fit in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Llama 4 Maverick
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

GLM-5 does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

GLM-5

200K

Llama 4 Maverick

1M

API model ID

GLM-5

Not sourced

Llama 4 Maverick

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

GLM-5

Not published

Llama 4 Maverick

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

GLM-5

Not sourced

Llama 4 Maverick

Not sourced

Documented outputs

GLM-5

Not sourced

Llama 4 Maverick

Not sourced

Provider availability

GLM-5

Not sourced

Llama 4 Maverick

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

GLM-5

Non-Reasoning

Llama 4 Maverick

Non-Reasoning

Weight access

GLM-5

Open Weight

Llama 4 Maverick

Open Weight

License

GLM-5

Open Weight

Llama 4 Maverick

Open Weight

Release date

GLM-5

2026-03-01

Llama 4 Maverick

2026-02-28

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
GLM-5 has the higher public score, 54.26 versus 22.94, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Llama 4 Maverick has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 or Llama 4 Maverick?

GLM-5 has the higher public score, 54.26 versus 22.94, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 or Llama 4 Maverick?

GLM-5 scores higher for coding on the public lane, 39.2 to 18.1. GLM-5 and Llama 4 Maverick are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5 or Llama 4 Maverick?

GLM-5 scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 37.6 to 12.8. GLM-5 and Llama 4 Maverick are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, GLM-5 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, GLM-5 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 200K.

Self-host vs API cost

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

GLM-5
API / mo$3,150
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Maverick
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,610
Break-even—
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence36 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    GLM-556.2%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • Claw-Eval

    GLM-557.7%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • QwenClawBench

    GLM-554.1%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    GLM-565.6%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepPlanning

    GLM-514.6%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon

    GLM-538%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    GLM-531.1%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP-Tasks

    GLM-560.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    GLM-569.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • CyberGym

    GLM-543.2%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    GLM-550.99%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    GLM-577.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified*

    GLM-572.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    GLM-555.1%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    GLM-573.3%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-Rebench

    GLM-562.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • React Native Evals

    GLM-574.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • LongBench v2

    GLM-560.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • AI-Needle

    GLM-563.3%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    GLM-586%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    GLM-586.0%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    GLM-566.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    GLM-585.7%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Arcee)

    GLM-585.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    GLM-550.4%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    GLM-583.1%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    GLM-555.1%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    GLM-592.6%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME26

    GLM-595.8%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME25 (Arcee)

    GLM-593.3%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    GLM-597.5%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    GLM-596.9%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    GLM-586.4%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMAnswerBench

    GLM-582.5%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    GLM-516.434%
    Llama 4 Maverick0.690%

    GLM-5 leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    GLM-52.100%
    Source
    Llama 4 Maverick—

    Not directly comparable

36 public results · 1 shared

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Last updated September 29, 2026