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GLM-5.1vsMAI-Thinking-1

GLM-5.1 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. MAI-Thinking-1 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
3 – 0
GLM-5.1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
MAI-Thinking-1
256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · Microsoft
GLM-5.1
Z.ai · released 2026-04-07
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Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1.4
Output /1M
$4.4
Cached /1M
$0.26
Scores
7 · 7 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
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Context
256K
Max out
64K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
15 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-5.1MAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
GPQA Diamond89.9% epoch84.2% +5.7 ptGLM-5.1
AIME 202695.8% matharena94.5% +1.3 ptGLM-5.1
SimpleQA Verified34% epoch31% +3 ptGLM-5.1
Only GLM-5.1 reports · 4
LMArena Elo1462.4 not reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)36.8% epochnot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)93.3% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)74.2% epochnot reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 12
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported73.5%
MMLU-Pronot reported85%
AIME 2025not reported97%
AdvancedIFnot reported85%
BFCL v3not reported72%
GraphWalks (<=128K)not reported90%
HMMT February 2026not reported84.9%
IFBenchnot reported69%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported87.7%
MultiChallengenot reported53%
SWE-bench Pronot reported52.8%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported46%
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-5.1 minus MAI-Thinking-1 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

SpecGLM-5.1MAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window200K tokens256K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Max output131K tokens64K tokensGLM-5.1
Input price / 1M$1.4
Output price / 1M$4.4
Cached input / 1M$0.26
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$5.8
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2026-04-072026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores715
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