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GLM-4.5-AirvsGPT-5
GPT-5 leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. GLM-4.5-Air is 8.7x cheaper per token. GPT-5 has the larger context window (400K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
GPT-5 leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-4.5-Air
8.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 94.6667%
Z.ai · OpenAI
GLM-4.5-Air
Z.ai
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 1 only GLM-4.5-Air · 7 only GPT-5| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | GPT-5 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 83.3% ↗matharena ⚠ | 94.6% ↗ | -11.3 pt | GPT-5 |
| Only GLM-4.5-Air reports · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1383.6 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5 reports · 7 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 74.9% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 86.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 22% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 55.4% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 91.4% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 50.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 73.6% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-4.5-Air minus GPT-5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GLM-4.5-Air | GPT-5 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 400K tokens | GPT-5 |
| Max output | 98K tokens | 128K tokens | GPT-5 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.2 ↗ | $1.25 ↗ | GLM-4.5-Air |
| Output price / 1M | $1.1 ↗ | $10 ↗ | GLM-4.5-Air |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.125 ↗ | GLM-4.5-Air |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.3 | $11.25 | GLM-4.5-Air |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | GPT-5 |
| Released | — | 2025-08-07 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 2 | 9 | — |
Reliability
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