# GLM-4.6 vs GPT-4.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.6 and GPT-4.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-4.6 and GPT-4.1 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-4.1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.94 | 43.81 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 25.65% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #84/183)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 38.8 (Supported · #143/183)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 3.09% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 54.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 50.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #115/181)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #135/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 42.1 (#98/120)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 50.3 (#80/120)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 3.819% | 5.517% | GPT-4.1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.128% | 0.000% | GLM-4.6 |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-4.6 and GPT-4.1?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [GLM-4.6 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/glm-4-6-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [GLM-4.6 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/glm-4-6-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)

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- [GLM-4.6 profile](/models/glm-4-6)
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