# GLM-5 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.95 to 54.83. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 41.7 for GLM-5 and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 62% and 81.7%.
- Sage-A1.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Sage-A1.5 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 54.83 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 41.7 (Estimated · #66/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 62% | 81.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| HLE w/ tools | 50.4% | 55.1% | Sage-A1.5 |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38.1 (Estimated · #72/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 72.7% | GLM-5 |
| NL2Repo | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #82/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.6 (#37/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 83 (Unranked · 6 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 41.7 for GLM-5 and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.

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

GLM-5 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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