# GLM-5.1 vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.1 leads overall 63.26 to 50.84.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 63.8 for GLM-5.1 and 72.8 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 63.5% and 46%.
- MAI-Thinking-1 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 63.26 | 50.84 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 54.3 (Estimated · #38/154)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #60/154)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 46% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 56.2 (Supported · #38/154)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 50 (Estimated · #62/154)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | 52.8% | GLM-5.1 |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 71.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 54.7 (Supported · #55/184)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #71/184)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | 84.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| HLE | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 95.4 (#1/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 63.8 (#3/7)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | 94.5% | GLM-5.1 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | 84.9% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| 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 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or MAI-Thinking-1?

GLM-5.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 63.8 for GLM-5.1 and 72.8 for MAI-Thinking-1.

### 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 MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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