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GLM-5V-Turbo vs Inkling

Updated September 28, 2026. Rank says Inkling is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead. 0 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

48.87/100

Estimated · Public rank #87

90% interval 33.4–64.3

Model B
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Thinking Machines Lab

54.24/100

Supported · Public rank #67

90% interval 44.3–64.2

Shared results
0
GLM-5V-Turbo only
2
Inkling only
21
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Estimated: GLM-5V-Turbo · Supported: InklingHow 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

    Inkling

    Inkling has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    GLM-5V-Turbo

    GLM-5V-Turbo has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    GLM-5V-Turbo

    GLM-5V-Turbo has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    GLM-5V-Turbo is 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-5V-Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.

    Confidence: limited
  • 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-5V-Turbo does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-5V-Turbo has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback

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.

34.1GLM-5V-Turbo36.5Inkling

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.7

Inkling 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.

3 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.

A shared-evidence shape is not available.

BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.

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.

Coding

Directional only
GLM-5V-Turbo
34.1
Estimated · #82/142
Inkling
36.5
Supported · #72/142
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 0 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
GLM-5V-Turbo
43.7
Estimated · #81/168
Inkling
54.4
Supported · #47/168
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 0 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
GLM-5V-Turbo
72.5
#61/124
Inkling
83.9
#44/124
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo
Not ranked
Inkling
36.2
Supported · #62/117
Basis
BenchAlign v5.7 lane · 2 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo
70.6
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Inkling
75.5
#12/27
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo
68.3
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Inkling
49.7
#41/50
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo
Not ranked
Inkling
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo
Not ranked
Inkling
78.5
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 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.

Supported evidence per lane · 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-5V-Turbo
$0.0032
Fits in one request
Inkling
$0.00421
Fits in one request

GLM-5V-Turbo has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

GLM-5V-Turbo
$0.072
Fits in one request
Inkling
$0.10754
Fits in one request

GLM-5V-Turbo has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Cache-heavy agent loop

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

GLM-5V-Turbo
$0.304
Does not fit in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Inkling
$0.159
Fits in one request

GLM-5V-Turbo does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-5V-Turbo has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input 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-5V-Turbo

200K

Inkling

1M

API model ID

GLM-5V-Turbo

Not sourced

Inkling

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

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

GLM-5V-Turbo

Not published

Inkling

$0.374 per 1M cached input tokens

Documented inputs

GLM-5V-Turbo

Not sourced

Inkling

Not sourced

Documented outputs

GLM-5V-Turbo

Not sourced

Inkling

Not sourced

Provider availability

GLM-5V-Turbo

Not sourced

Inkling

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

GLM-5V-Turbo

Non-Reasoning

Inkling

Hybrid

Weight access

GLM-5V-Turbo

Proprietary

Inkling

Open Weight

License

GLM-5V-Turbo

Proprietary

Inkling

Open Weight

Release date

GLM-5V-Turbo

2026-03-01

Inkling

2026-07-15

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
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
Workload cost
Repository review: $0.072 vs $0.10754. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.304 vs $0.159.
Context tradeoff
Inkling has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling?

The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling?

Inkling scores higher for coding on the public lane, 36.5 to 34.1. GLM-5V-Turbo is 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-5V-Turbo or Inkling?

GLM-5V-Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.

Which costs less, GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling?

For the stated presets, chat costs $0.0032 on GLM-5V-Turbo and $0.00421 on Inkling; repository review costs $0.072 and $0.10754; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.304 and $0.159. GLM-5V-Turbo does not fit this workload in one request. GLM-5V-Turbo has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Which has the larger context window, GLM-5V-Turbo or Inkling?

Inkling has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 200K.

Benchmark evidence

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

Browse raw public benchmark evidence23 rows

Agentic

  • Claw-Eval

    GLM-5V-Turbo53.8%
    Source
    Inkling—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    GLM-5V-Turbo30.76%
    Source
    Inkling—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling63.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling77.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling74.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling47.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling77.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling54.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling63.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierSWE v2

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling4.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling85.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling77.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling73.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling82%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv w/o tools

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling78.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling87.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling87.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling46%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling30%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling87.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling86.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling79.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME26

    GLM-5V-Turbo—
    Inkling97.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

23 public results · 0 shared

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Last updated September 28, 2026