# GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs GPT-4.1 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 (Reasoning) and GPT-4.1 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-reasoning-vs-gpt-4-1-mini
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GLM-5 (Reasoning) and GPT-4.1 mini.

## Summary

- GLM-5 (Reasoning) and GPT-4.1 mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 (Reasoning) | GPT-4.1 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 29.09 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.40 / $1.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 19.8 (Estimated · #123/143)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 (Reasoning) | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 23.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 23.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 52.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 47.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.1 (Supported · #136/169)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 (Reasoning) | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 64.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#94/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 (Reasoning) | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 (Reasoning) | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 4.483% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare GLM-5 (Reasoning) and GPT-4.1 mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-glm-5-reasoning)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-glm-5-reasoning)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)

## Explore More

- [GLM-5 (Reasoning) profile](/models/glm-5-reasoning)
- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)