# Agents-A1 vs GLM-5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Agents-A1 and GLM-5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/agents-a1-vs-glm-5
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GLM-5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GLM-5 has the higher overall point estimate 54.84 to 54.2. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.3 for Agents-A1 and 70.9 for GLM-5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 47.6% and 30.5%.
- Agents-A1 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InternScience | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 54.2 | 54.84 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 47.3 (Estimated · #49/128)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 41.5 (Estimated · #63/128)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 75.5% | 62% | Agents-A1 |
| HLE w/ tools | 47.6% | 50.4% | GLM-5 |
| VITA-Bench | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 31.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 43.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.99% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38 (Estimated · #70/150)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 64.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 70.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.2% | 60.8% | GLM-5 |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #79/184)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 47.6% | 30.5% | Agents-A1 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.6 (#35/148)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 94.8% | 92.6% | Agents-A1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 83 (Unranked · 6 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Agents-A1 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Agents-A1 and GLM-5?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.3 for Agents-A1 and 70.9 for GLM-5.

### How many benchmarks does Agents-A1 cover on BenchLM?

Agents-A1 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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