# GLM-5.1 vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-grok-4-20-beta
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.20 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.20 leads overall 59.56 to 57.71.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 71.7 for GLM-5.1 and 34.3 for Grok 4.20.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 31.46% and 4.06%.
- GLM-5.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.20 also has the larger context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | xAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 2M |
| Overall Score | 57.71 | 59.56 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 42.1 (Estimated · #43/105)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 22.3 (Supported · #83/105)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 47.1% | GLM-5.1 |
| BrowseComp | 68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 60.11% | 38.36% | GLM-5.1 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | 44.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.1
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 51.5 (Supported · #36/135)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 22.4 (Supported · #121/135)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | 51.8% | GLM-5.1 |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 31.46% | 4.06% | GLM-5.1 |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.4% | 84.3% | Grok 4.20 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | 72.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 71.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#45/50)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 60.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.1
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.2 (Supported · #54/160)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #76/160)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | 88.5% | Grok 4.20 |
| HLE | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | 88.6% | Grok 4.20 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | 86.3% | GLM-5.1 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 92.4 (#4/124)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 63.8 (#3/7)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.448% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 12.500% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Grok 4.20?

Grok 4.20 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.20?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 71.7 for GLM-5.1 and 34.3 for Grok 4.20.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.1 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.20 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.20 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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