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GLM-5vsMiniMax M3
GLM-5 leads 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. MiniMax M3 is 2.8x cheaper per token. MiniMax M3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
2 – 1
GLM-5 leads
Cheaper per token
MiniMax M3
2.8x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
MiniMax M3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · MiniMax
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · released 2026-06-01
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 5 only GLM-5 · 0 only MiniMax M3| Benchmark | GLM-5 | MiniMax M3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% ↗epoch | 90.9% ↗epoch | -3.1 pt | MiniMax M3 |
| LMArena Elo | 1446.3 ↗ | 1433.5 ↗ | +12.8 | GLM-5 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 80% ↗epoch | 71.1% ↗epoch | +8.9 pt | GLM-5 |
| Only GLM-5 reports · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 72.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MiniMax M3 reports · 0 | ||||
| MiniMax M3 reports nothing GLM-5 does not. | ||||
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 MiniMax M3 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-5 | MiniMax M3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens | MiniMax M3 |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Output price / 1M | $3.2 ↗ | $1.2 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.2 ↗ | $0.06 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $4.2 | $1.5 | MiniMax M3 |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | MiniMax M3 |
| Released | — | 2026-06-01 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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