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Superseded.Z.AI has newer models in this line:GLM-5.1

GLM-5

SupersededReleased Mar 1, 2026Open WeightNon-Reasoning200K context

Released Mar 1, 2026 see all recent releases

Decision reading
GLM-5 scores 65.6 out of 100 and ranks #42 of 230. This profile shows 36 source-displayable benchmark rows; its strongest eligible category is Multilingual at #6. API pricing is $1 input and $3.2 output per million tokens.

Data as of September 2, 2026 · How the score is built

Strongest published evidence

Multilingual ranks #6. A well-rounded choice across a range of tasks.

Validate before choosing

36 published rows leave some tracked benchmark slots empty. Agentic is its lowest eligible category at #42.

Decision snapshot

Each value carries a field reference instead of floating alone. Markers compare this model with the current ranked and priced catalog; they are not absolute quality thresholds.

Capability

65.6/100

field median 59.1

#42 of 230 ranked models

Price

$1input / $3.20 output

input median $1

blended $2.10

Speed

67tok/s

field median 90 tok/s

First token 48.01 s

Context

200Ktokens

field median 256,000

Reported for this model; direct source link not stored

Capability shape

Each axis shows percentile within that category’s eligible cohort. The comparison outline is the median of the six nearest public-score peers; a collapsed vertex means the category is not rank-eligible.

GLM-5 category percentile values

  • Agentic71st percentile
  • Coding75th percentile
  • ReasoningNot eligible
  • Knowledge68th percentile
  • Math0th percentile
  • Multilingual55th percentile
  • MultimodalNot eligible
  • Instruction following60th percentile

The dashed outline is median of 6 nearest peers.

Eligible category ranks

  1. Agentic#42/143
  2. Coding#38/148
  3. ReasoningNot ranked
  4. Knowledge#19/57
  5. Math#7/7
  6. Multilingual#6/12
  7. MultimodalNot ranked
  8. Inst. Following#18/43
Top decileTop quartileMid-fieldNot eligible

What it costs to get this score

Published API price against the public score. The x-axis uses a log scale; the dashed path marks models that are not beaten by a cheaper, higher-scoring option. Price uses average of published input and output rates.

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Current modelGLM-5 · 65.6 score · $2.10 blended per million tokens
405060708090$0.50$1$5$10$25↘ frontierGLM-5

Horizontal: blended price per million tokens, log scale · Vertical: public score

How much of this is verified

Coverage is split by category so a strong number never hides a thin evidence base. Verified means the row is tied to a published source; provisional rows remain visible but separate.

  1. Agentic3/11 verified
  2. Coding3/6 verified
  3. Reasoning0/2 verified
  4. Knowledge0/6 verified
  5. Math2/8 verified
  6. Multilingual0/2 verified
  7. MultimodalNot measured
  8. Inst. Following0/1 verified
Verified sourceProvisionalNot measured

Spec sheet

Each documented value carries its source. Missing fields stay visible as not sourced or not published, rather than disappearing from the page.

API model ID
Not published
Context window
200K
Maximum output
Not sourced yet
Knowledge cutoff
Not sourced yet
Input modalities
Not sourced yet
Output modalities
Not sourced yet
Parameters
Not sourced yet
Availability
Not sourced yet
Cloud regions
Not tracked yet
Lifecycle
Superseded
API capabilities
Tool calling, structured outputs, and batch support are not tracked yet
Prompt caching
Not documented in the pricing record
Self-host
Open weights available; hardware estimate not sourced
Rate limits
Not tracked yet

Deployment options

Self-host and provider-specific paths stay separate from benchmark evidence so operating constraints are visible before a score becomes the whole decision.

Published weights are available, but BenchLM does not yet have a sourced parameter and VRAM profile for this exact model. Hardware cost estimates stay unavailable until that sizing record is complete.

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Category score record

Scores and ranks appear only where published evidence can be displayed. The table keeps the score, weight, cohort, and evidence state together.

Category scores, ranks, weighting, benchmark coverage, and evidence status
CategoryScore
AgenticRank #42 of 143Percentile 71stWeight 22%11 benchmarksMixed sources55.3
CodingRank #38 of 148Percentile 75thWeight 20%6 benchmarksMixed sources61.1
ReasoningRank Not rankedWeight 17%2 benchmarksReported43.0
KnowledgeRank #19 of 57Percentile 68thWeight 12%6 benchmarksReported77.1
MathRank #7 of 7Percentile 0thWeight 5%8 benchmarksMixed sources56.9
MultilingualRank #6 of 12Percentile 55thWeight 7%2 benchmarksReported48.7
MultimodalWeight 12%0 benchmarksNot measuredNot measured
Inst. FollowingRank #18 of 43Percentile 60thWeight 5%1 benchmarkReported87.4

Benchmark ledger

Coding opens by default. The marker compares each value with the best source-verified result in the catalog; provisional leaders do not set the reference. Expand the remaining categories for every published row.

Coding6 rows
Coding benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
SWE-RebenchScore62.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Opus 4.6 · 65.3%

Gap2.5 behindWeightWeighted 20%
SWE-bench VerifiedSoftware Engineering Benchmark VerifiedScore77.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Opus 5 · 96%

Gap18.2 behindWeightWeighted 16%
Provider exact
SWE-bench ProScore55.1%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Fable 5.1 · 81.2%

Gap26.1 behindWeightWeighted 10%
SWE-bench Verified*SWE-bench Verified (mini-swe-agent-v2)Score72.8%Versus best verified rowGapNo verified comparatorWeightDisplay only
SWE MultilingualScore73.3%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Opus 5 · 89.5%

Gap16.2 behindWeightDisplay only
React Native EvalsScore74.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Composer 2 · 96.1%

Gap21.3 behindWeightDisplay only
Agentic11 rows
Agentic benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
Terminal-Bench 2.0Score56.2%Versus best verified row

Best verified: GPT-5.6 Sol · 91.9%

Gap35.7 behindWeightWeighted 38%
Provider exact
Claw-EvalScore57.7%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Ornith-1.5-397B · 81.4%

Gap23.7 behindWeightDisplay only
QwenClawBenchScore54.1%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.7 Max · 64.3%

Gap10.2 behindWeightDisplay only
τ³-bench resultsτ³-Bench Tool-Agent-User EvaluationScore65.6%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B · 91.4%

Gap25.8 behindWeightDisplay only
DeepPlanningScore14.6%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.7 Plus · 62.3%

Gap47.7 behindWeightDisplay only
ToolathlonScore38%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Muse Spark 1.1 · 75.6%

Gap37.6 behindWeightDisplay only
MCP AtlasScore31.1%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Muse Spark 1.1 · 88.1%

Gap57 behindWeightDisplay only
MCP-TasksScore60.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.5 397B · 74.2%

Gap13.4 behindWeightDisplay only
WideResearchScore69.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Hy4 preview · 83.9%

Gap14.1 behindWeightDisplay only
CyberGymScore43.2%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Fugu Cyber · 86.9%

Gap43.7 behindWeightDisplay only
Benchmark exact
Gert LabsGert Labs Composite Game BenchmarkScore50.99%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Opus 4.8 · 72.97%

Gap22 behindWeightDisplay only
Benchmark exact
Reasoning2 rows
Reasoning benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
LongBench v2Score60.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.8 Max · 66.3%

Gap5.5 behindWeightWeighted 38%
AI-NeedleScore63.3%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.5 397B · 68.7%

Gap5.4 behindWeightDisplay only
Knowledge6 rows
Knowledge benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
HLEHumanity's Last ExamScore50.4%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Claude Fable 5.1 · 65%

Gap14.6 behindWeightWeighted 45%
MMLU-ProMassive Multitask Language Understanding ProfessionalScore85.7%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.7 Max · 89.6%

Gap3.9 behindWeightWeighted 30%
GPQAGraduate-Level Google-Proof Q&AScore86%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Sakana Fugu-Ultra · 95.5%

Gap9.5 behindWeightWeighted 7%
SuperGPQASuperGPQA: Scaling LLM Evaluation Across 285 Graduate DisciplinesScore66.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) · 73.9%

Gap7.1 behindWeightWeighted 7%
GPQA-DGPQA DiamondScore86.0%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Sakana Fugu-Ultra · 95.5%

Gap9.5 behindWeightDisplay only
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)MMLU-Pro first-party comparison snapshotScore85.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Trinity-Large-Preview · 75.2%

Gap10.6 behindWeightDisplay only
Math8 rows
Math benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)FrontierMath v2 Tiers 1-3Score16.434%Versus best verified row

Best verified: GPT-5.6 Sol · 89.000%

Gap72.6 behindWeightWeighted 30%
AIME26AIME 2026Score95.8%Versus best verified row

Best verified: GLM-5.2 · 99.2%

Gap3.4 behindWeightWeighted 25%
HMMT Feb 2026Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament February 2026Score86.4%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.7 Max · 97.1%

Gap10.7 behindWeightWeighted 25%
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)FrontierMath v2 Tier 4Score2.100%Versus best verified row

Best verified: GPT-5.6 Sol · 83.000%

Gap80.9 behindWeightWeighted 10%
AIME25 (Arcee)AIME25 first-party comparison snapshotScore93.3%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Trinity-Large-Preview · 24.0%

Gap69.3 behindWeightDisplay only
HMMT Feb 2025Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament February 2025Score97.5%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.6 Plus · 96.7%

Gap0.8 behindWeightDisplay only
HMMT Nov 2025Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament November 2025Score96.9%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.6 Plus · 94.6%

Gap2.3 behindWeightDisplay only
MMAnswerBenchScore82.5%Versus best verified row

Best verified: GLM-5.2 · 91.0%

Gap8.5 behindWeightDisplay only
Multilingual2 rows
Multilingual benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
MMLU-ProXScore83.1%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.7 Max · 87%

Gap3.9 behindWeightWeighted 100%
NOVA-63Score55.1%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.5 397B · 59.1%

Gap4 behindWeightDisplay only
Inst. Following1 row
Inst. Following benchmark values, best verified comparison, weight, and source status
IFEvalInstruction-Following EvalScore92.6%Versus best verified row

Best verified: Qwen3.5-27B · 95%

Gap2.4 behindWeightWeighted 35%

Lineage

The sequence follows explicit supersedes links. A successor's displayed score stays at least 0.1 points above its predecessor; raw benchmark rows do not move. Scores and prices remain blank when the corresponding public row or first-party rate is unavailable.

  1. Mar 1, 2026 · you are here

    GLM-5

    Score 65.6 · $1 / $3.2

  2. Apr 7, 2026

    GLM-5.1

    Score 66.8 · $1.4 / $4.4

Base entry

How to read this profile

The visual layer above carries the decisions. These notes preserve the model, ranking, coverage, and family context behind the numbers.

GLM-5 ranks #42 of 230 on the public leaderboard with a score of 65.64/100. Its source-verified position is #28 of 105.

GLM-5 is a open weight model with a 200K context window. No explicit reasoning mode is documented in this profile.

GLM-5 sits in the GLM-5 family with GLM-5.2, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5 (Reasoning), GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-5V-Turbo. 36 of 416 tracked benchmark slots currently have displayable evidence. Missing categories stay blank.

Its strongest eligible category is Multilingual at #6, while its lowest eligible position is Agentic at #42. a well-rounded choice across a range of tasks.

Frequently asked questions

How does GLM-5 perform overall in AI benchmarks?

GLM-5 ranks #42 out of 230 models on the public BenchAlign leaderboard, with a score of 65.64/100. Its evidence status is Supported, and this profile shows 36 source-displayable benchmark rows. The label describes evidence depth, not a provider quality claim; inspect category rows before choosing a workload.

Is GLM-5 good for knowledge and understanding?

GLM-5 ranks #19 out of 57 eligible models for knowledge and understanding, with a public category score of 77.1/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 good for coding and programming?

GLM-5 ranks #38 out of 148 eligible models for coding and programming, with a public category score of 61.1/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 good for mathematics?

GLM-5 ranks #7 out of 7 eligible models for mathematics, with a public category score of 56.9/100. That places it in the current top ten for this category. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 good for reasoning and logic?

GLM-5 has source-displayable benchmark coverage for reasoning and logic, but the public category table does not assign it a rank there. The individual rows remain available for inspection. A missing category position means the evidence threshold was not met; it does not convert the model's unmeasured work into a zero.

Is GLM-5 good for agentic tool use and computer tasks?

GLM-5 ranks #42 out of 143 eligible models for agentic tool use and computer tasks, with a public category score of 55.3/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 good for instruction following?

GLM-5 ranks #18 out of 43 eligible models for instruction following, with a public category score of 87.4/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 good for multilingual tasks?

GLM-5 ranks #6 out of 12 eligible models for multilingual tasks, with a public category score of 48.7/100. That places it in the current top ten for this category. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Is GLM-5 open source?

GLM-5 is an open-weight model from Z.AI. Its weights can be downloaded for local or hosted deployment, subject to the published license. Open weight does not automatically mean open source: training data and training code may remain private, and commercial restrictions can still apply.

Which sibling models are related to GLM-5?

GLM-5 belongs to the GLM-5 family. Related tracked variants include GLM-5.2, GLM-5.1, GLM-5.3, plus 4 more. A sibling link indicates shared lineage or a documented configuration relationship; it does not mean the variants have identical pricing, context limits, benchmark evidence, or deployment behavior. Compare before switching.

Does GLM-5 have full benchmark coverage on BenchLM?

No. GLM-5 currently has 49 source-displayable rows across 416 tracked benchmark slots. The profile exposes published, non-generated evidence and leaves missing categories blank until an exact evaluation is available. Coverage describes how much was measured; it is not a penalty added to an individual benchmark result.

What is the context window size of GLM-5?

GLM-5 has a reported context window of 200K in the exact-model catalog record. The value stays visible, but the profile marks its source link as unavailable instead of presenting it as directly documented. Maximum output length remains separate because providers often publish a different limit.

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