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GPT-5.4

VS
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

GLM-5.1

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GPT-5.4 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 0.7% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: GLM-5.1 is 3.7x cheaper to run. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, GLM-5.1 offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of GPT-5.4 fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

GPT-5.4

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
57.7%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+6.6%)
92.8%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$5.63Input: $2.50 | Output: $15.00
Speed
74 tps
Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokens
Model Specs

GLM-5.1

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+0.7%)
58.4%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
86.2%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)3.7x cheaper
$1.50Input: $0.98 | Output: $3.08
Speed
N/A
Context Window
204.8k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

GLM-5.1 is cheaper than GPT-5.4. GLM-5.1 has a blended cost of $1.50/1M tokens, which is about 3.7x cheaper than GPT-5.4 at $5.63/1M tokens.

Speed data is not available for GLM-5.1, while GPT-5.4 generates 74 tokens per second.

GLM-5.1 is better for coding tasks. It scores 58.4% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GPT-5.4 which scores 57.7%.

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