# GLM-4.6 vs GLM-5.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.6 and GLM-5.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-6-vs-glm-5-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-4.6 and GLM-5.1 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GLM-5.1 has the larger published context window at 203K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.6 | GLM-5.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 203K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.94 | 64.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.1 (Estimated · #63/151)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 68% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 60.11% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #84/183)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #39/183)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 3.09% | 31.46% | GLM-5.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #115/181)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #59/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 42.1 (#98/120)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.5 (#5/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 64.1 (#3/7)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 3.819% | 33.448% | GLM-5.1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.128% | 12.500% | GLM-5.1 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-4.6 and GLM-5.1?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [GLM-5.1 vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-1-vs-glm-5-2)

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