GPT-5 mini
GLM-5
Decision Recommendation
⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GPT-5 mini is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 45.7% higher on coding benchmarks. It also maintains strong cost efficiency. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, GLM-5 offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of GPT-5 mini fully justifies the cost.
GPT-5 mini
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
GLM-5
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
Frequently Asked Questions
GPT-5 mini is cheaper than GLM-5. GPT-5 mini has a blended cost of $0.69/1M tokens, which is about 2.3x cheaper than GLM-5 at $1.55/1M tokens.
Speed data is not available for GLM-5, while GPT-5 mini generates 86 tokens per second.
GPT-5 mini is better for coding tasks. It scores 45.7% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GLM-5 which scores N/A.
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