# GLM-5 vs Ornith-1.5-397B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Ornith-1.5-397B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-ornith-1-5-397b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Ornith-1.5-397B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Ornith-1.5-397B has the higher overall point estimate 62.72 to 55.06. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 38.8 for GLM-5 and 56.8 for Ornith-1.5-397B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 31.1% and 80%.
- Ornith-1.5-397B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Ornith-1.5-397B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 55.06 | 62.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38.8 (Estimated · #62/119)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 56.8 (Estimated · #29/119)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | 81.4% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 38% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 31.1% | 80% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | 80.8% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 71.2% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 40.4 (Estimated · #63/144)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 54.7 (Estimated · #34/144)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | 86% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 65.1% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 79.6% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 13.5% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.5 (Estimated · #72/171)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 63.3 (Estimated · #36/171)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | 92.8% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | 92.8% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 50.4% | 44.6% | GLM-5 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/16)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 87.2 (#31/125)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.5 (#7/7)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 16.434% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Ornith-1.5-397B?

Ornith-1.5-397B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Ornith-1.5-397B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 38.8 for GLM-5 and 56.8 for Ornith-1.5-397B.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-397B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-397B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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