# GLM-5.1 vs Grok 4.6

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 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 4.6 leads overall 69.19 to 57.14.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 41.9 for GLM-5.1 and 67.9 for Grok 4.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 56.9% and 78.3%.
- GLM-5.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.6 also has the larger context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | xAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 500K |
| Overall Score | 57.14 | 69.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 41.9 (Estimated · #43/105)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | 78.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 26.5% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.9 (Supported · #37/135)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 31.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.4% | 88.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | 95.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27 fixes | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 72.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 87.00% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #51/158)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | 94.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | 89.4% | Grok 4.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 92.4 (#4/124)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 63.8 (#3/7)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Grok 4.6 | 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 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Grok 4.6?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 41.9 for GLM-5.1 and 67.9 for Grok 4.6.

### 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 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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