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GLM-5vsMAI-Thinking-1

GLM-5 leads 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. MAI-Thinking-1 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
4 – 1
GLM-5 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
Z.ai
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Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 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-5MAI-Thinking-1ΔEdge
Reported by both · 5
SWE-bench Verified77.8% 73.5% +4.3 ptGLM-5
GPQA Diamond87.8% epoch84.2% +3.6 ptGLM-5
AIME 202596.7% matharena97% -0.3 ptMAI-Thinking-1
AIME 202696.7% matharena94.5% +2.2 ptGLM-5
Terminal-Bench 2.056.2% 46% +10.2 ptGLM-5
Only GLM-5 reports · 3
LMArena Elo1446.3 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)72.1% epochnot reported
Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 10
MMLU-Pronot reported85%
AdvancedIFnot reported85%
BFCL v3not reported72%
GraphWalks (<=128K)not reported90%
HMMT February 2026not reported84.9%
IFBenchnot reported69%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported87.7%
MultiChallengenot reported53%
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported31%
SWE-bench Pronot reported52.8%
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 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-5MAI-Thinking-1Edge
Context window200K tokens256K tokensMAI-Thinking-1
Max output131K tokens64K tokensGLM-5
Input price / 1M$1
Output price / 1M$3.2
Cached input / 1M$0.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$4.2
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores815
Reliability

Provider status

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