# GLM-5.1 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-reflection-beam-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 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

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 leads overall 70 to 56.29.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 66.7 for GLM-5.1 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is τ³-bench results in Agentic, with scores of 70.6% and 35.4%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 56.29 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 43.5 (Estimated · #62/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 68% | 75.6% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | 35.4% | GLM-5.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | 80.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| 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 |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.3% | 51.1% | GLM-5.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 47.2 (Supported · #50/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | 65.6% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 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 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 15.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 52.6 (Supported · #70/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | 89.3% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| HLE | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.8 (#6/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (#7/12)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | 97.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| 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) | 36.842% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 66.7 for GLM-5.1 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.

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

GLM-5.1 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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